Josephte DUBE

Born

4 September 1816 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

Died

2 November 1887 , St-Joseph-de-Lepage, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

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Francois-Xavier DUBE Veronique BONENFANT

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Born: 4 September 1816 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Father: Francois-Xavier DUBE

Mother: Veronique BONENFANT

Paternal grandparents: Noel-Gregoire DUBE , Marie-Joseph MASSE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BONENFANT , Marie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Josephte married Jean-Baptiste TARDIF 27 October 1834 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste TARDIF was born 11 February 1810 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Jean-Baptiste died 24 December 1884 in St-Joseph-de-Lepage, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Raphael TARDIF and Judith BOUCHER.

Josephte DUBE died 2 November 1887 in St-Joseph-de-Lepage, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.
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Jean-Baptiste TARDIF
Marriage date: 27 October 1834
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste TARDIF was the child of Raphael TARDIF and Judith BOUCHER

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Helene TARDIF

Born: 17 July 1842, Ste-Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, Canada
Died: 6 May 1931, St-Gabriel-de-Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Married: Gregoire TREMBLAY 9 January 1865 Place: Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1816
4 September 1816
Rimouski, 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)

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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Josephte DUBE and Jean-Baptiste TARDIF 27 October 1834, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

She was 18 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Helene TARDIF was born 17 July 1842, Ste-Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, Canada

Josephte was 25 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)

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 Marriage of Child
Helene TARDIF married 9 January 1865, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada to Gregoire TREMBLAY

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.