Francois NOLIN

Born

16 January 1799 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Died

10 August 1888 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Augustin NOLIN Marie JACQUES

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Born: 16 January 1799 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Father: Augustin NOLIN

Mother: Marie JACQUES

Paternal grandparents: Joseph NOLIN , Marie-Therese PARADIS

Maternal grandparents: Louis JACQUES , Marguerite FALARDEAU

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Francois married Francoise BOUFFARD 31 January 1826 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise BOUFFARD was born 30 November 1803 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Francoise died 4 November 1881 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Francoise was the child of Pierre BOUFFARD and Madeleine NOEL.

Francois NOLIN died 10 August 1888 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Francoise BOUFFARD
Marriage date: 31 January 1826
Marriage place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Francoise BOUFFARD was the child of Pierre BOUFFARD and Madeleine NOEL

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Celinie NOLIN

Born: 2 October 1839, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Edmond TREMBLAY 14 February 1865 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1799
16 January 1799
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Francois NOLIN and Francoise BOUFFARD 31 January 1826, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Celinie NOLIN was born 2 October 1839, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Francois was 40 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Celinie NOLIN married 14 February 1865, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Edmond 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.