Germain DUFOUR

Born

20 August 1793 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

8 September 1881 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

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Alexis DUFOUR Madeleine-Sophie DESGAGNES

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Born: 20 August 1793 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Alexis DUFOUR

Mother: Madeleine-Sophie DESGAGNES

Paternal grandparents: Gabriel DUFOUR , Madeleine BOISSONNEAU

Maternal grandparents: Joseph DESGAGNES , Marie-Thecle TREMBLAY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Germain married Emerance GAGNON 16 February 1813 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Emerance GAGNON was born 17 March 1788 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Emerance died 28 March 1865 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Emerance was the child of Jean-Marc GAGNON and Marie-Augustine BOUCHARD.

Germain DUFOUR died 8 September 1881 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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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Germain DUFOUR married

Emerance GAGNON
Marriage date: 16 February 1813
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Emerance GAGNON was the child of Jean-Marc GAGNON and Marie-Augustine BOUCHARD

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Children of Germain DUFOUR and Emerance GAGNON

Louise DUFOUR

Born: 2 November 1821, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 14 June 1890, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis TREMBLAY 1 July 1845 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Flavie DUFOUR

Born: 2 October 1825, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 16 September 1893, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Married: Maxime HARVEY 28 January 1845 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Joseph-Octave DUFOUR

Born: 3 February 1828, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louise BERGERON 17 February 1846 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1793
20 August 1793
Québec Province, Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Germain DUFOUR and Emerance GAGNON 16 February 1813, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 19 years old.

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

1821 Birth of Child
Louise DUFOUR was born 2 November 1821, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Germain was 28 years old.

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

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

1825 Birth of Child
Flavie DUFOUR was born 2 October 1825, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Germain was 32 years old.

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Joseph-Octave DUFOUR was born 3 February 1828, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Germain was 34 years old.

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Flavie DUFOUR married 28 January 1845, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Maxime HARVEY

1845 Marriage of Child
Louise DUFOUR married 1 July 1845, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Louis TREMBLAY

1846 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Octave DUFOUR married 17 February 1846, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Louise BERGERON

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Emerance GAGNON died 28 March 1865, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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.