Marcelline DUFOUR

Born

18 January 1812 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

25 March 1876 , Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Guillaume DUFOUR Marie-Euphrosine SAVARD

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Born: 18 January 1812 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Guillaume DUFOUR

Mother: Marie-Euphrosine SAVARD

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

Maternal grandparents: Mathieu SAVARD , Cecile DESBIENS

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Marcelline married Etienne GIRARD 7 February 1832 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Etienne GIRARD was born 1 August 1798 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Etienne died 17 December 1889 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin). Etienne was the child of Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Josephte BOIVIN.

Marcelline DUFOUR died 25 March 1876 in Saint-Fulgence, 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.

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Marcelline DUFOUR married

Etienne GIRARD
Marriage date: 7 February 1832
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Etienne GIRARD was the child of Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Josephte BOIVIN

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Children of Etienne GIRARD and Marcelline DUFOUR

Marie GIRARD

Born: 31 August 1845, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Gedeon TREMBLAY 6 November 1871 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Married: Thomas TREMBLAY 10 May 1917 Place: Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Emerentienne GIRARD

Born: 30 January 1850, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Napoleon TREMBLAY 12 February 1872

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Birth — 1812
18 January 1812
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)

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Marcelline DUFOUR and Etienne GIRARD 7 February 1832, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 20 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

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie GIRARD was born 31 August 1845, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Marcelline was 33 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Emerentienne GIRARD was born 30 January 1850, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marcelline was 38 years old.

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.