Israel TRUCHON

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abt. 1817 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

1 April 1883 , Matane, Québec, Canada

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François TRUCHON Marie-Dorothee BOUCHARD

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Born: abt. 1817 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: François TRUCHON

Mother: Marie-Dorothee BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie TRUCHON dit LEVEILLÉ , Elisabeth BOIVIN

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BOUCHARD , Marie-Josephte GRENON

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Israel married Catherine-Flavie GAGNON 30 August 1842 in Matane, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine-Flavie GAGNON was born 31 August 1820 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Catherine-Flavie died 15 January 1914 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane). Catherine-Flavie was the child of Dominique GAGNON and Angele COTE.

Israel TRUCHON died 1 April 1883 in Matane, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Israel TRUCHON married

Catherine-Flavie GAGNON
Marriage date: 30 August 1842
Marriage place: Matane, Canada East
Catherine-Flavie GAGNON was the child of Dominique GAGNON and Angele COTE

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Children of Israel TRUCHON and Catherine-Flavie GAGNON

Valentine TRUCHON

Born: 7 March 1854, Matane, Canada East
Died: 16 April 1876, Matane, Québec, Canada

Married: Ferdinand TREMBLAY 4 February 1873 Place: Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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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)

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Israel TRUCHON and Catherine-Flavie GAGNON 30 August 1842, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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
Valentine TRUCHON was born 7 March 1854, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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.