Francois DION

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1 August 1804 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Died

27 December 1860 , St-Arsène, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DION Francoise LEMIEUX

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Born: 1 August 1804 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste DION

Mother: Francoise LEMIEUX

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GUYON (DION) , Genevieve MORISSET (MORISSETTE)

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Augustin LEMIEUX , Monique BERNIER

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Francois married Mathilde BERUBE 6 August 1833 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mathilde BERUBE was born 16 November 1807 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Mathilde died 18 September 1878 in St-Arsène, Canada. Mathilde was the child of Pierre BERUBE and Marthe BOUCHER.

Francois DION died 27 December 1860 in St-Arsène, Canada.
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Francois DION married

Mathilde BERUBE
Marriage date: 6 August 1833
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Mathilde BERUBE was the child of Pierre BERUBE and Marthe BOUCHER

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Mathile DION

Born: 2 September 1835, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 16 September 1911, St-Hubert, Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Married: Etienne TREMBLAY 7 March 1859 Place: Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

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Birth — 1804
1 August 1804
Cap-St-Ignace, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Francois DION and Mathilde BERUBE 6 August 1833, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Mathile DION was born 2 September 1835, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Francois was 31 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)

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Mathile DION married 7 March 1859, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice) to Etienne TREMBLAY