David MATHON

Born

4 February 1813 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

21 September 1903 , Tingwick, Québec, Canada

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Pierre MATHON Anne RICHER

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David MATHON was born 4 February 1813 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

David MATHON was the child of Pierre MATHON and Anne RICHER

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin MATHON and Catherine GIRARDEAU (maternal) Alexis RICHER and Marie Jeanne DAROIS

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David married Victoire PLOURDE 30 September 1839 in Drummondville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victoire PLOURDE was born 22 May 1822 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Victoire died abt. 1891 Victoire was the child of Timothée PLOURDE and Marie-Josephte HOUDE dite LECLERC.

David MATHON died 21 September 1903 in Tingwick, 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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David MATHON married

Victoire PLOURDE
Marriage date: 30 September 1839
Marriage place: Drummondville, Lower Canada
Victoire PLOURDE was the child of Timothée PLOURDE and Marie-Josephte HOUDE dite LECLERC

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Children of David MATHON and Victoire PLOURDE

Cyrille MATHON

Born: 18 March 1854, Richmond, Canada East
Died: 21 August 1939, Berlin, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Delia CHAMPAGNE 20 September 1875

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1813 Birth
4 February 1813
Bécancour, Nicolet, 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

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
David MATHON and Victoire PLOURDE 30 September 1839, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

He was 26 years old.

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)

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.

1854 Birth of Child
Cyrille MATHON was born 18 March 1854, Richmond, Québec, Canada

David was 41 years old.

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.