Josephte DUFOUR

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19 December 1819 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

8 May 1890 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Charles DUFOUR Monique BARRETTE

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Born: 19 December 1819 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Charles DUFOUR

Mother: Monique BARRETTE

Paternal grandparents: Germain DUFOUR , Genevieve GONTHIER

Maternal grandparents: Basile BARRETTE , Marguerite SIMARD

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Josephte married Michel TREMBLAY 18 September 1854 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Michel TREMBLAY was born 26 January 1811 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Michel died 28 December 1891 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Michel was the child of Michel TREMBLAY and Agnes LAVOIE.

Josephte DUFOUR died 8 May 1890 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Josephte DUFOUR married

Michel TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 18 September 1854
Marriage place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Michel TREMBLAY was the child of Michel TREMBLAY and Agnes LAVOIE

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Children of Michel TREMBLAY and Josephte DUFOUR

Marie-Helene TREMBLAY

Born: 14 August 1855, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Emilie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1857, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 21 June 1925, Legal, Alberta, Canada

Jean (John) TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alpheda TREMBLAY 4 September 1883 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Alpheda TREMBLAY

Born: 25 October 1862, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 21 April 1932,

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Birth — 1819
19 December 1819
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

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)

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.

1854 Marriage / Partner
Josephte DUFOUR and Michel TREMBLAY 18 September 1854, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

She was 34 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Marie-Helene TREMBLAY was born 14 August 1855, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Josephte was 35 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.

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

1862 Birth of Child
Alpheda TREMBLAY was born 25 October 1862, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Josephte was 42 years old.

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.