Thomas FONTAINE

Born

6 November 1819 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Died

21 September 1890 , Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

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Etienne FONTAINE Elisabeth LAMOUREUX

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Born: 6 November 1819 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne FONTAINE

Mother: Elisabeth LAMOUREUX

Paternal grandparents: Etienne FONTAINE , Genevieve DAUPHINAIS

Maternal grandparents: Francois LAMOUREUX , Elisabeth LACHAMBRE (DECHAMBRE)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Thomas married Rosanna (Rosalie) PHANEUF 1 February 1841 in Saint-Jude, Canada East . Rosanna (Rosalie) PHANEUF was born 3 September 1823 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Rosanna (Rosalie) died 28 February 1886 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada. Rosanna (Rosalie) was the child of Pierre-Germain PHANEUF and Marie-Rosalie ARCHAMBAULT.

Thomas FONTAINE died 21 September 1890 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada.
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur, menuisier

The menuisier, or joiner, was an artisan who built things by joining pieces of wood, particularly lighter and more ornamental work than that done by a carpenter. He was primarily responsible for the manufacture of small works, as opposed to large works. The joiner made small wooden works, furniture and other objects intended for domestic use (doors, tables, cabinets, etc.). His main tools were the plane, the galley, the grooving/plow plane, the handsaw and the mallet.
Source: tfcq.ca

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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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Thomas FONTAINE married

Rosanna (Rosalie) PHANEUF
Marriage date: 1 February 1841
Marriage place: Saint-Jude, Canada East
Rosanna (Rosalie) PHANEUF was the child of Pierre-Germain PHANEUF and Marie-Rosalie ARCHAMBAULT

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Birth — 1819
6 November 1819
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Thomas FONTAINE and Rosanna (Rosalie) PHANEUF 1 February 1841, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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.

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.