Florence LEDOUX

Born

3 April 1820 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Died

2 June 1899 , Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

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Pierre LEDOUX Marcelline BERNIER

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Born: 3 April 1820 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre LEDOUX

Mother: Marcelline BERNIER

Paternal grandparents: Etienne-François LEDOUX , Marie-Josephe HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie BERNIER , Marie-Geneviève BERNIER

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Florence married Augustin MARTIN 22 October 1839 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin MARTIN was born 2 February 1815 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) . Augustin died 10 April 1871 in Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton). Augustin was the child of Antoine MARTIN and Sophie LÉVEILLÉ.

Florence LEDOUX died 2 June 1899 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA.
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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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Florence LEDOUX married

Augustin MARTIN
Marriage date: 22 October 1839
Marriage place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Lower Canada
Augustin MARTIN was the child of Antoine MARTIN and Sophie LÉVEILLÉ

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Children of Augustin MARTIN and Florence LEDOUX

Sophie MARTIN

Born: 20 November 1842, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
Died: 26 February 1918, Upton, Québec, Canada

Married: Andre BELVAL 7 January 1868 Place: Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton)

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Birth — 1820
3 April 1820
Saint-Hyacinthe, 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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Florence LEDOUX and Augustin MARTIN 22 October 1839, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

She was 19 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Sophie MARTIN was born 20 November 1842, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Florence was 22 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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Marriage of Child
Sophie MARTIN married 7 January 1868, Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton) to Andre BELVAL