Emerence DUFOUR

Born

24 October 1805 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

8 February 1862 , La Baie, Canada East

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Joseph DUFOUR Emerentienne BLACKBURN

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Born: 24 October 1805 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph DUFOUR

Mother: Emerentienne BLACKBURN

Paternal grandparents: Jean-François DUFOUR , Marie-Madeleine BRISSON

Maternal grandparents: Hugh Augustin BLACKBURN , Genevieve GAGNON

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Emerence married Simon GAUDREAU 10 February 1824 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Simon GAUDREAU was born 12 March 1798 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Simon died 26 May 1869 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Simon was the child of Francois GAUDREAU and Anne MCNICOLL.

Emerence DUFOUR died 8 February 1862 in La Baie, 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
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Simon GAUDREAU
Marriage date: 10 February 1824
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Simon GAUDREAU was the child of Francois GAUDREAU and Anne MCNICOLL

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Marie GAUDREAU

Born: abt. 1825, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Philibert TREMBLAY 7 September 1847 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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Birth — 1805
24 October 1805
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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
Emerence DUFOUR and Simon GAUDREAU 10 February 1824, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 18 years old.

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Marie GAUDREAU married 7 September 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Philibert 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