Alphonse DASSYLVA

Born

26 January 1828 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

10 February 1896 , St-Fidele, Quebec, Canada

Alphonse married Olive BOUCHARD 26 September 1848 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olive BOUCHARD was born 4 October 1820 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Olive died 10 April 1900 in St-Fidele, Quebec, Canada. Olive was the child of Ignace BOUCHARD and Felicite SIMARD .

Parents & Family of Alphonse DASSYLVA

Parents of Alphonse DASSYLVA

Father

Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS

Mother

Antoinette DUCHESNE

Grandparents of Alphonse DASSYLVA

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS Marguerite BERIAULT

Maternal grandparents

Rene-Abraham-Samson DUCHESNE Felicite-Veronique DESBIENS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alphonse DASSYLVA

Alphonse DASSYLVA married

Olive BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 26 September 1848
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Olive BOUCHARD was the child of Ignace BOUCHARD and Felicite SIMARD

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

Children of Alphonse DASSYLVA and Olive BOUCHARD

Louise DASSYLVA

Born: abt. 1852, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Thomas TREMBLAY 11 November 1873 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1828
26 January 1828
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Alphonse DASSYLVA and Olive BOUCHARD 26 September 1848, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 20 years old.

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)

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.