Abraham DUPUIS

(b. 18 December 1817 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 27 June 1876 , Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

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Abraham DUPUIS was born 18 December 1817 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Abraham DUPUIS was the child of Charles DUPUIS and Marie-Rose BOURGEOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DUPUIS and Marie Josephte THIBODEAU (maternal) Joseph BOURGEOIS and Rosalie DUPUIS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Abraham married Sophronie CLOUET 11 February 1840 in Napierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Sophronie CLOUET was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Sophronie died 12 December 1875 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada. Sophronie was the child of Louis CLOUET (CLOUETTE) and Marie-Rosalie BRUN.

Abraham DUPUIS died 27 June 1876 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada.
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Family and Children of Abraham DUPUIS

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Abraham DUPUIS married

Sophronie CLOUET-- Date: 11 February 1840 Place: Napierville, Lower Canada
Sophronie CLOUET was the child of Louis CLOUET (CLOUETTE) and Marie-Rosalie BRUN

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Children of Abraham DUPUIS and Sophronie CLOUET:

Philomene DUPUIS (b.abt. 1840, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 21 October 1862 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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1817 Birth
18 December 1817
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

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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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Abraham DUPUIS and Sophronie CLOUET 11 February 1840, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

He was 22 years old.

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Philomene DUPUIS married 21 October 1862, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard) to Joseph TREMBLAY

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.