Francois BOLDUC

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19 December 1811 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

10 August 1880 , Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

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Antoine BOLDUC Theotiste ST-GELAIS dite BRADETTE

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Born: 19 December 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine BOLDUC

Mother: Theotiste ST-GELAIS dite BRADETTE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph BOLDUC , Emerance BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Marie-Francois BRADETTE , Marie-Victoire POITEVIN dite POTVIN

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Francois married Alexandrine BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS 12 August 1834 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexandrine BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS was born 3 December 1809 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Alexandrine died 19 October 1895 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington). Alexandrine was the child of Abraham BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS and Josephte VANDAL.

Francois BOLDUC died 10 August 1880 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Alexandrine BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS
Marriage date: 12 August 1834
Marriage place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Alexandrine BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS was the child of Abraham BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS and Josephte VANDAL

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Louise BOLDUC

Born: abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexandre TREMBLAY 7 February 1865 Place: Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

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Birth — 1811
19 December 1811
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Francois BOLDUC and Alexandrine BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS 12 August 1834, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

He was 22 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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Louise BOLDUC married 7 February 1865, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington) to Alexandre 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.