Marguerite CHOUINARD

Born

8 February 1832 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Died

13 July 1905 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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Jacob CHOUINARD Lucie LECLERC

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Born: 8 February 1832 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Father: Jacob CHOUINARD

Mother: Lucie LECLERC

Paternal grandparents: Jacques CHOUINARD , Francoise DUCROS dite LATERREUR

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR , Marthe TALBOT dite GERVAIS

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Marguerite married Jacob CHOUINARD 7 November 1848 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacob CHOUINARD was born 27 March 1826 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Jacob was the child of Benjamin CHOUINARD and Marie-Eulalie CARON.

Marguerite CHOUINARD died 13 July 1905 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marguerite CHOUINARD married

Jacob CHOUINARD
Marriage date: 7 November 1848
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Jacob CHOUINARD was the child of Benjamin CHOUINARD and Marie-Eulalie CARON

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Eleonore CHOUINARD

Born: 10 October 1849, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Died: 14 February 1916, St-Aubert, Quebec, Canada

Married: Amable TREMBLAY 27 November 1866 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1832
8 February 1832
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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
Marguerite CHOUINARD and Jacob CHOUINARD 7 November 1848, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Eleonore CHOUINARD was born 10 October 1849, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 17 years old.

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)

1866 Marriage of Child
Eleonore CHOUINARD married 27 November 1866, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Amable 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.