Zoe LIMOGES

(b. 30 September 1830 , Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada d. 25 June 1887 , Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville, Mirabel, Québec, Canada )

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Zoe LIMOGES was born 30 September 1830 in Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada

Zoe LIMOGES was the child of Joseph LIMOGES and Marguerite GRATTON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LIMOGES and Louise LIMOGES (maternal) Martin GRATTON and Archange ROBIN dite LAPOINTE

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

Zoe married Nazaire VAILLANCOURT 20 February 1855 in Sainte-Thérèse, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nazaire VAILLANCOURT was born 7 February 1831 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Nazaire was the child of Jacques VAILLANCOURT and Josephe PAQUET.

Zoe LIMOGES died 25 June 1887 in Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville, 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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Family and Children of Zoe LIMOGES

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Zoe LIMOGES married

Nazaire VAILLANCOURT-- Date: 20 February 1855 Place: Sainte-Thérèse, Canada East
Nazaire VAILLANCOURT was the child of Jacques VAILLANCOURT and Josephe PAQUET

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Children of Nazaire VAILLANCOURT and Zoe LIMOGES:

Zoe-Emma VAILLANCOURT (b.16 September 1857, Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville, Mirabel, Canada East d. , )
m. Joseph-Alphonse LAFOND 2 March 1878

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1830 Birth
30 September 1830
Sainte-Thérèse, 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 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Zoe LIMOGES and Nazaire VAILLANCOURT 20 February 1855, Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville)

She was 24 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Zoe-Emma VAILLANCOURT was born 16 September 1857, Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville, Mirabel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Janvier-de-Lacroix)

Zoe was 26 years old.

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.