Zoe DUCHESNE

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25 October 1821 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

3 January 1900 , La Baie, Québec, Canada

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Pierre DUCHESNE Flavie BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS

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Born: 25 October 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre DUCHESNE

Mother: Flavie BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS

Paternal grandparents: Antoine-Augustin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES , Marie-Vernoique POULIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptitse BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS , Marie-Anne GIRARD

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Zoe married Desire GIRARD 11 October 1842 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Desire GIRARD was born 2 October 1820 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Desire died 12 July 1905 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Desire was the child of Elie-Elisee GIRARD and Ursule AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Zoe DUCHESNE died 3 January 1900 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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Desire GIRARD
Marriage date: 11 October 1842
Marriage place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Desire GIRARD was the child of Elie-Elisee GIRARD and Ursule AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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Delima GIRARD

Born: 3 February 1845, La Baie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Pierre TREMBLAY 12 January 1864 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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Birth — 1821
25 October 1821
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Zoe DUCHESNE and Desire GIRARD 11 October 1842, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

She was 20 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)

1845 Birth of Child
Delima GIRARD was born 3 February 1845, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Zoe was 23 years old.

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Delima GIRARD married 12 January 1864, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Pierre TREMBLAY

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.