Emilie FONTAINE

Born

16 August 1835 , Napierville, Lower Canada

Died

24 January 1899 , Napierville, Québec, Canada

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Benoni FONTAINE Marie BRUNELLE

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Born: 16 August 1835 in Napierville, Lower Canada

Father: Benoni FONTAINE

Mother: Marie BRUNELLE

Paternal grandparents: Louis FONTAINE , Marie TREMBLAY

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Emilie married Joseph LABONTE 27 February 1854 in Napierville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph LABONTE was born 27 July 1830 in Napierville, Lower Canada . Joseph died 1 April 1899 in Napierville, Québec, Canada . Joseph was the child of Joseph LABONTE and Josephte CHARTIER.

Emilie FONTAINE died 24 January 1899 in Napierville, Québec, Canada .

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Emilie FONTAINE married

Joseph LABONTE
Marriage date: 27 February 1854
Marriage place: Napierville, Canada East
Joseph LABONTE was the child of Joseph LABONTE and Josephte CHARTIER

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Children of Joseph LABONTE and Emilie FONTAINE

Joseph Delphis LABONTE

Born: 18 August 1856, Napierville, Canada East
Died: 26 December 1943, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie-Parmelia PAYETTE 16 October 1883 Place: Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1835
16 August 1835
Napierville, Lower 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 Marriage / Partner
Emilie FONTAINE and Joseph LABONTE 27 February 1854, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

She was 18 years old.

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

1856 Birth of Child
Joseph Delphis LABONTE was born 18 August 1856, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Emilie was 21 years old.

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.