Zacharie DUFOUR

Born

23 March 1750 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Died

17 March 1833 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Bonaventure DUFOUR Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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Born: 23 March 1750 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Father: Bonaventure DUFOUR

Mother: Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Gabriel-Robert DUFOUR , Louise GAGNÉ

Maternal grandparents: Louis TREMBLAY , Françoise MOREL

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Zacharie married Marie Anne THERIAULT 8 January 1781 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie Anne THERIAULT was born abt. 1752 Marie Anne died 1 December 1818 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie Anne was the child of Joseph THÉRIAULT and Agnes CORMIER.

Zacharie DUFOUR died 17 March 1833 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower 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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Marie Anne THERIAULT
Marriage date: 8 January 1781
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie Anne THERIAULT was the child of Joseph THÉRIAULT and Agnes CORMIER

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Birth — 1750
23 March 1750
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Zacharie DUFOUR and Marie Anne THERIAULT 8 January 1781, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 30 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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.