Firmin BERGERON

Born

30 March 1819 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

31 December 1897 , La Baie, Québec, Canada

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Louis BERGERON Marguerite HARTON

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Born: 30 March 1819 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Louis BERGERON

Mother: Marguerite HARTON

Paternal grandparents: André BERGERON , Elisabeth SAVARD

Maternal grandparents: Felix HANS dit HARTON , Angelique-Genevieve GAUVIN

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Firmin married Madeleine COTE 29 August 1843 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine COTE was born 4 November 1822 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Madeleine died 18 March 1900 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Madeleine was the child of Leon COTE and Judith BELLEY.

Firmin BERGERON died 31 December 1897 in La Baie, 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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Firmin BERGERON married

Madeleine COTE
Marriage date: 29 August 1843
Marriage place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

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Madeleine COTE was the child of Leon COTE and Judith BELLEY

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Children of Firmin BERGERON and Madeleine COTE

Adelina-Dina BERGERON

Born: 18 September 1851, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 29 July 1913, Alma, Québec, Canada

Married: Ambroise TREMBLAY 20 June 1881 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Gonzague BERGERON

Born: 28 February 1861, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louise TREMBLAY 9 January 1888 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1819
30 March 1819
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Firmin BERGERON and Madeleine COTE 29 August 1843, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1851 Birth of Child
Adelina-Dina BERGERON was born 18 September 1851, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Firmin was 32 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

1861 Birth of Child
Gonzague BERGERON was born 28 February 1861, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Firmin was 41 years old.

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.