Marie FILION

Born

14 September 1797 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

3 October 1863 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Frederic FILION Josephte SIMARD

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Marie FILION was born 14 September 1797 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Marie FILION was the child of Frederic FILION and Josephte SIMARD

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Zacharie FILION and Suzanne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (maternal) Joseph-Marie SIMARD and Marie-Josephte POULIN

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Marie married Alexis DUMAS 16 August 1825 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis DUMAS was born 31 December 1793 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Alexis died 20 March 1859 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Alexis was the child of Francois DUMAS and Marie-Thérèse ROUSSEAU.

Marie FILION died 3 October 1863 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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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 FILION married

Alexis DUMAS-- Date: 16 August 1825 Place: Québec, Lower Canada

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Alexis DUMAS was the child of Francois DUMAS and Marie-Thérèse ROUSSEAU

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Children of Alexis DUMAS and Marie FILION

Henriette DUMAS (b.31 May 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 25 April 1879, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )
m. Barthelemy TREMBLAY 15 February 1847 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1797 Birth
14 September 1797
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

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

1825 Marriage / Partner
Marie FILION and Alexis DUMAS 16 August 1825, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 27 years old.

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

1826 Birth of Child
Henriette DUMAS was born 31 May 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie was 28 years old.

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 of Child
Henriette DUMAS married 15 February 1847, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Barthelemy TREMBLAY

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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser