Louis DUBOIS

Born

5 February 1786 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

30 December 1877 , Laurierville, Québec, Canada

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Michel DUBOIS Marguerite SIMONEAU

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Born: 5 February 1786 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Michel DUBOIS

Mother: Marguerite SIMONEAU

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS , Marie-Louise METHOT

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel SIMONEAU , Marie-Josephte BLANCHET

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Louis married Ursule FAUCHER 23 February 1808 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule FAUCHER was born 28 August 1786 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Ursule died 8 December 1830 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Ursule was the child of Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER and Josephte FAUCHER.

Louis DUBOIS died 30 December 1877 in Laurierville, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Louis DUBOIS married

Ursule FAUCHER
Marriage date: 23 February 1808
Marriage place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

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Ursule FAUCHER was the child of Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER and Josephte FAUCHER

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Louis DUBOIS

Born: 28 April 1809, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louise THERRIEN 16 November 1830 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1786
5 February 1786
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Louis DUBOIS and Ursule FAUCHER 23 February 1808, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Louis DUBOIS was born 28 April 1809, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Louis was 23 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Marriage of Child
Louis DUBOIS married 16 November 1830, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Louise THERRIEN

1830 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ursule FAUCHER died 8 December 1830, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.