Joseph
GEOFFRION
Born
18 September 1816
,
Varennes, Lower Canada
Died
9 March 1865
,
Farnham, Canada East
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Joseph GEOFFRION was born 18 September 1816 in Varennes, Lower Canada
and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel GEOFFRION and Marie-Madeleine DALPE dite PARISEAU (maternal) Jacques JODOIN and Thérèse PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE)Joseph GEOFFRION died 9 March 1865 in Farnham, Canada East .
m. Brigitte Audet
6 February 1837
Varennes, Ste-Anne, Quebec
Canada
6 February 1837
Varennes, Ste-Anne, Quebec
Canada
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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1816 Birth 18 September 1816
Varennes, Lower Canada
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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1865 Death 9 March 1865
Farnham, Canada East
He died at the age of 48.
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