Rachel DUFOUR

Born

3 November 1853 , La Malbaie, Canada East

Died

25 October 1906 , Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Rachel married Narcisse TREMBLAY 8 September 1874 in Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Narcisse TREMBLAY was born 2 July 1849 in La Malbaie, Canada East . Narcisse died 20 June 1932 in Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada. Narcisse was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Flavie BRISSON .

Parents & Family of Rachel DUFOUR

Parents of Rachel DUFOUR

Father

Etienne DUFOUR

Mother

Euphemie GAGNÉ

Grandparents of Rachel DUFOUR

Paternal grandparents

Moise DUFOUR Scholastique BERGERON

Maternal grandparents

Etienne GAGNÉ Agnes GIRARD

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Rachel DUFOUR

Rachel DUFOUR married

Narcisse TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 8 September 1874
Marriage place: Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

See marriage record for Rachel DUFOUR and Narcisse TREMBLAY
Narcisse TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Flavie BRISSON

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Narcisse TREMBLAY and Rachel DUFOUR

Anabelle TREMBLAY

Born: 2 July 1875, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada
Died: 1 January 1950, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 31 January 1883, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada
Died: 17 September 1968, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Louis-Gonzague TREMBLAY

Born: 29 May 1890, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada
Died: 18 July 1968, Jonquière, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Jeanne TREMBLAY 14 July 1914 Place: Jonquière, Québec, Canada

Yvonne TREMBLAY

Born: 12 August 1893, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada
Died: 3 October 1974, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1853
3 November 1853
La Malbaie, Canada East

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)

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Marriage / Partner
Rachel DUFOUR and Narcisse TREMBLAY 8 September 1874, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
Anabelle TREMBLAY was born 2 July 1875, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Rachel was 21 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1883 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born 31 January 1883, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Rachel was 29 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1890 Birth of Child
Louis-Gonzague TREMBLAY was born 29 May 1890, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Rachel was 36 years old.

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented