Nazaire CHOUINARD

Born

Died

3 May 1877 , Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Quebec, Canada

Nazaire married Marie-Evangeliste FORTIN 17 October 1848 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Evangeliste FORTIN was born abt. 1828 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie-Evangeliste was the child of Abraham FORTIN and Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES .

Parents & Family of Nazaire CHOUINARD

Parents of Nazaire CHOUINARD

Father

Basile CHOUINARD

Mother

Luce PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS

Grandparents of Nazaire CHOUINARD

Paternal grandparents

Romain CHOUINARD Francoise TALBOT

Maternal grandparents

Pierre PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS Angélique GAUDREAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Nazaire CHOUINARD

Nazaire CHOUINARD married

Marie-Evangeliste FORTIN
Marriage date: 17 October 1848
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Marie-Evangeliste FORTIN was the child of Abraham FORTIN and Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Nazaire CHOUINARD and Marie-Evangeliste FORTIN

Alfred CHOUINARD

Born: 25 July 1849, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Josephine BELANGER 3 February 1874

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Nazaire CHOUINARD and Marie-Evangeliste FORTIN 17 October 1848, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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

1849 Birth of Child
Alfred CHOUINARD was born 25 July 1849, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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

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

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.