Louis PLOUFFE

Born

abt. 1798 , Montréal, Lower Canada

Died

4 August 1876 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Louis PLOUFFE Marguerite ST-MARTIN

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Born: abt. 1798 in Montréal, Lower Canada

Father: Louis PLOUFFE

Mother: Marguerite ST-MARTIN

Paternal grandparents: Joseph PLOUFFE , Marguerite ASSELIN

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Étienne ST-MARTIN , Marie-Rose DELBEC dite JOLY

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Louis married Archange LAVIOLETTE 26 February 1821 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Archange LAVIOLETTE was born abt. 1797 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Archange died 24 June 1863 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Archange was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAVIOLETTE dit JAHAN and Marie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE.

Louis PLOUFFE died 4 August 1876 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, 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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Louis PLOUFFE married

Archange LAVIOLETTE
Marriage date: 26 February 1821
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Archange LAVIOLETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAVIOLETTE dit JAHAN and Marie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE

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Children of Louis PLOUFFE and Archange LAVIOLETTE

Pierre PLOUFFE

Born: 19 November 1821, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 19 September 1900, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Victoire ST MARTIN 12 January 1847 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Louis PLOUFFE and Archange LAVIOLETTE 26 February 1821, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

1821 Birth of Child
Pierre PLOUFFE was born 19 November 1821, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Pierre PLOUFFE married 12 January 1847, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Victoire ST MARTIN

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

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Archange LAVIOLETTE died 24 June 1863, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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.