Marie LAFONTAINE

Born

18 April 1819 , St-Stanislas, Champlain, Lower Canada

Died

12 October 1890 , St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada

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Joseph LAFONTAINE dit LARIOUX Marie-Anne GENDRON

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Born: 18 April 1819 in St-Stanislas, Champlain, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph LAFONTAINE dit LARIOUX

Mother: Marie-Anne GENDRON

Paternal grandparents: Toussaint LAFONTAINE , Francoise AYOTTE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Louis GENDRON , Rosalie LANGLOIS

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Marie married Paul ASSELIN 15 August 1843 in St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Paul ASSELIN was born 9 December 1815 in St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada. Paul died 12 May 1902 in St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada. Paul was the child of Charles ASSELIN and Madeleine AYOTTE.

Marie LAFONTAINE died 12 October 1890 in St-Stanislas, Champlain, 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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Marie LAFONTAINE married

Paul ASSELIN
Marriage date: 15 August 1843
Marriage place: St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada
Paul ASSELIN was the child of Charles ASSELIN and Madeleine AYOTTE

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Children of Paul ASSELIN and Marie LAFONTAINE

Narcisse ASSELIN

Born: 26 October 1844, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Canada East
Died: 26 December 1912, St-Adelphe, Champlain, Quebec, Canada

Married: Aglaee BEDARD 3 September 1867

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Birth — 1819
18 April 1819
St-Stanislas, Champlain, 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
Marie LAFONTAINE and Paul ASSELIN 15 August 1843, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Narcisse ASSELIN was born 26 October 1844, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada

Marie was 25 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)

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.