Marcel FONTAINE

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19 May 1820 , Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Died

29 May 1905 , Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE Angelique GIROUX

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Born: 19 May 1820 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE

Mother: Angelique GIROUX

Paternal grandparents: Julien FONTAINE , Marie-Judith DAUPHINAIS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GIROUX , Marie-Charlotte DUPUIS

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Marcel married Aurelie DAVID 14 November 1843 in Iberville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Aurelie DAVID was born 19 September 1819 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Aurelie died 25 August 1894 in Iberville, Québec, Canada . Aurelie was the child of Joachim DAVID and Scholastique BROUILLET.

Marcel FONTAINE died 29 May 1905 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada.
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Marcel FONTAINE married

Aurelie DAVID
Marriage date: 14 November 1843
Marriage place: Iberville, Canada East
Aurelie DAVID was the child of Joachim DAVID and Scholastique BROUILLET

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Children of Marcel FONTAINE and Aurelie DAVID

Francois FONTAINE

Born: 25 March 1846, Iberville, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Philomene GOYETTE 10 November 1868 Place: Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1820
19 May 1820
Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Marcel FONTAINE and Aurelie DAVID 14 November 1843, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Francois FONTAINE was born 25 March 1846, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Marcel was 25 years old.

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)

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.