Joseph DUFOUR

Born

11 October 1790 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

30 April 1863 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste DUFOUR Genevieve BOUCHARD

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Born: 11 October 1790 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste DUFOUR

Mother: Genevieve BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Bonaventure DUFOUR , Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD , Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY

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Joseph married Marie-Anne GUAY 23 August 1814 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne GUAY was born abt. 1789 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of François GUAY (CASTONGUAY) and Marie-Josephte ALLAIRE.

Joseph DUFOUR died 30 April 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-Anne GUAY
Marriage date: 23 August 1814
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne GUAY was the child of François GUAY (CASTONGUAY) and Marie-Josephte ALLAIRE

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Children of Joseph DUFOUR and Marie-Anne GUAY

Florent DUFOUR

Born: 23 May 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 18 July 1905, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Eulalie FORTIN 19 January 1836 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Maxime DUFOUR

Born: 25 March 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Adelaide ALLARD 10 January 1843 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1790
11 October 1790
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUFOUR and Marie-Anne GUAY 23 August 1814, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Florent DUFOUR was born 23 May 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph was 26 years old.

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
Maxime DUFOUR was born 25 March 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph was 30 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Florent DUFOUR married 19 January 1836, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Eulalie FORTIN

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Maxime DUFOUR married 10 January 1843, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Adelaide ALLARD

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.

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