Augustin DUHAMEL

Born

19 February 1794 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Died

18 March 1862 , Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East

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Joseph DUHAMEL dit SANSFAÇON Marguerite DUPUIS

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Born: 19 February 1794 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph DUHAMEL dit SANSFAÇON

Mother: Marguerite DUPUIS

Paternal grandparents: Louis DUHAMEL dit SANSFAÇON , Françoise-Louise VOLANT

Maternal grandparents: François DUPUIS (DUPUY) , Marguerite PRÉJEAN (PREGENT)

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Augustin married Marguerite LABOSSIÈRE 10 January 1814 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LABOSSIÈRE was born 22 April 1793 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marguerite died 14 November 1869 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska). Marguerite was the child of Pierre-Louis LABOSSIÈRE and Marie-Anne GENDRON.

Augustin DUHAMEL died 18 March 1862 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East .
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Augustin DUHAMEL married

Marguerite LABOSSIÈRE
Marriage date: 10 January 1814
Marriage place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Marguerite LABOSSIÈRE was the child of Pierre-Louis LABOSSIÈRE and Marie-Anne GENDRON

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Marie Louise DUHAMEL

Born: 22 April 1830, Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Died: 5 February 1907, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Married: Jean Baptiste LAROCQUE 11 January 1853 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1794
19 February 1794
Contrecœur, Lower Canada

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Augustin DUHAMEL and Marguerite LABOSSIÈRE 10 January 1814, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 19 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 Birth of Child
Marie Louise DUHAMEL was born 22 April 1830, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Augustin was 36 years old.

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)

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

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Marie Louise DUHAMEL married 11 January 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Jean Baptiste LAROCQUE

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