Roger DUFOUR

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abt. 1806 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

10 January 1880 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

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Timothee DUFOUR Elisabeth SIMARD

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Born: abt. 1806 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Timothee DUFOUR

Mother: Elisabeth SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Gabriel DUFOUR , Madeleine BOISSONNEAU

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Henri SIMARD , Felicite BOIVIN

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Roger married Adelaide TREMBLAY 1 March 1824 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Adelaide TREMBLAY was born 14 October 1806 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Adelaide died 2 March 1869 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Adelaide was the child of Antoine TREMBLAY and Romaine TREMBLAY.

Roger DUFOUR died 10 January 1880 in La Malbaie, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Adelaide TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 1 March 1824
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Adelaide TREMBLAY was the child of Antoine TREMBLAY and Romaine TREMBLAY

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Children of Roger DUFOUR and Adelaide TREMBLAY

Flavie DUFOUR

Born: 26 February 1825, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 7 October 1895, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis-De-Gonzague TREMBLAY 11 February 1850 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Adolphe DUFOUR

Born: 18 February 1833, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 8 November 1890, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Edesse HARVEY 15 February 1853 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Adelaide DUFOUR

Born: 13 May 1839, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 11 February 1931, St-Fidèle, Quebec, Canada

Married: Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY 3 May 1859 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Adelaide-Josephine DUFOUR

Born: 28 December 1844, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 31 March 1905, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Thomas TREMBLAY 20 February 1882 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Roger DUFOUR and Adelaide TREMBLAY 1 March 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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

1825 Birth of Child
Flavie DUFOUR was born 26 February 1825, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

1833 Birth of Child
Adolphe DUFOUR was born 18 February 1833, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Adelaide DUFOUR was born 13 May 1839, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Marie-Adelaide-Josephine DUFOUR was born 28 December 1844, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Flavie DUFOUR married 11 February 1850, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Louis-De-Gonzague TREMBLAY

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Adolphe DUFOUR married 15 February 1853, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Edesse HARVEY

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Adelaide DUFOUR married 3 May 1859, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Death of Spouse/Partner
Adelaide TREMBLAY died 2 March 1869, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

Death — 1880
10 January 1880
La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

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