Paul DURAND

Born

5 March 1822 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Died

6 September 1897 , Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Ambroise DURAND Ursule BRISSETTE

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Born: 5 March 1822 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Ambroise DURAND

Mother: Ursule BRISSETTE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph DURAND , Marie-Elisabeth VADNAIS

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit DUPAS , Marie-Madeleine LATOUR dite LAFORGE

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Paul married Georgiana STANDFIELD 17 August 1847 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Georgiana STANDFIELD was born abt. 1825 Georgiana died 13 July 1890 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada.

Paul DURAND died 6 September 1897 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, 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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Paul DURAND married

Georgiana STANDFIELD
Marriage date: 17 August 1847
Marriage place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East

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Children of Paul DURAND and Georgiana STANDFIELD

Joseph-Guillaume DURAND

Born: 29 June 1857, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East
Died: 20 June 1926, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Married: Zenobie LIPPE 26 November 1904 Place: Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

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Birth — 1822
5 March 1822
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Paul DURAND and Georgiana STANDFIELD 17 August 1847, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 25 years old.

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.

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
Joseph-Guillaume DURAND was born 29 June 1857, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Paul was 35 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.