Damase LEDUC

Born

9 August 1805 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada

Died

21 July 1895 , Bedford, Québec, Canada

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Pierre LEDUC Rose BARIBEAU

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Born: 9 August 1805 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre LEDUC

Mother: Rose BARIBEAU

Paternal grandparents: Baptiste-Alexis LEDUC , Dorothee VALLEE

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Joseph BARIBEAU , Madeleine LEVESQUE dite ROMPRÉ

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Damase married Josephte NOLET 19 May 1835 in Napierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte NOLET was born 3 January 1814 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Josephte died 9 August 1844 in Napierville, Canada East . Josephte was the child of Joachim NOLET and Josephte CAMPBELL.

Damase LEDUC died 21 July 1895 in Bedford, Québec, Canada .
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Damase LEDUC married

Josephte NOLET
Marriage date: 19 May 1835
Marriage place: Napierville, Lower Canada
Josephte NOLET was the child of Joachim NOLET and Josephte CAMPBELL

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Damase LEDUC

Born: 5 August 1837, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: 26 September 1929, Clarenceville, Canada

Married: Onesime TREMBLAY 26 November 1861 Place: Saint-Valentin, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1805
9 August 1805
La-Pérade, 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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Damase LEDUC and Josephte NOLET 19 May 1835, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

He was 29 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

1837 Birth of Child
Damase LEDUC was born 5 August 1837, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Damase was 32 years old.

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)

1844 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josephte NOLET died 9 August 1844, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Damase LEDUC married 26 November 1861, Saint-Valentin, Canada East to Onesime 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.