Gabrielle NADON

(b. 12 October 1794 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada d. 13 April 1871 , Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada )

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Gabrielle NADON was born 12 October 1794 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada

Gabrielle NADON was the child of Amable NADON dit LÉTOURNEAU and Marie-Archange DESBIENS and the grandchild of: (paternal) André NADON dit LETOURNEAU and Marguerite MAISONNEUVE (maternal) Joseph DESBIENS and Marie-Josephte JOANNETTE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Gabrielle married Joseph CHALIFOUX 8 July 1811 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph CHALIFOUX was born 12 December 1788 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Joseph died 11 August 1834 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph CHALIFOUX and Marie-Anne SIGOUIN.

Gabrielle NADON died 13 April 1871 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, 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.

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Gabrielle NADON married

Joseph CHALIFOUX-- Date: 8 July 1811 Place: Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada
Joseph CHALIFOUX was the child of Joseph CHALIFOUX and Marie-Anne SIGOUIN

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Children of Joseph CHALIFOUX and Gabrielle NADON:

Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOUX (b.23 June 1816, Laval, Lower Canada d. 2 June 1903, L'Annonciation, Québec, Canada)
m. Flavie LECOURS dite BEAUSÉJOUR 10 January 1843 in Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome)

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1794 Birth
12 October 1794
Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada

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

1811 Marriage / Partner
Gabrielle NADON and Joseph CHALIFOUX 8 July 1811, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

She was 16 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOUX was born 23 June 1816, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Gabrielle was 21 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

1834 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph CHALIFOUX died 11 August 1834, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, 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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOUX married 10 January 1843, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome) to Flavie LECOURS dite BEAUSÉJOUR

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.