Louise BERGERON

Born

12 May 1826 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

14 November 1889 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

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Thomas BERGERON Marthe DESBIENS

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Born: 12 May 1826 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Thomas BERGERON

Mother: Marthe DESBIENS

Paternal grandparents: André BERGERON , Elisabeth SAVARD

Maternal grandparents: David DESBIENS , Felicite GAUDREAU

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Louise married Joseph-Octave DUFOUR 17 February 1846 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Octave DUFOUR was born 3 February 1828 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Joseph-Octave was the child of Germain DUFOUR and Emerance GAGNON.

Louise BERGERON died 14 November 1889 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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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Louise BERGERON married

Joseph-Octave DUFOUR
Marriage date: 17 February 1846
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

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Joseph-Octave DUFOUR was the child of Germain DUFOUR and Emerance GAGNON

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Children of Joseph-Octave DUFOUR and Louise BERGERON

Carmelie DUFOUR

Born: 16 May 1850, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Elzear TREMBLAY 22 February 1870 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1826
12 May 1826
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Louise BERGERON and Joseph-Octave DUFOUR 17 February 1846, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 19 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Carmelie DUFOUR was born 16 May 1850, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louise was 24 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)

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.

1870 Marriage of Child
Carmelie DUFOUR married 22 February 1870, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Elzear TREMBLAY

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

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)

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.