Marie-Melvine MARTIN

(b. 13 December 1821 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 8 June 1874 , St-Denis, Quebec, Canada )

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Marie-Melvine MARTIN was born 13 December 1821 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Marie-Melvine MARTIN was the child of Antoine MARTIN and Adelaide MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Henri-Marie MARTIN and Theotiste GUY (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD and Veronique FORTIN

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

Marie-Melvine married Marcel DUMAIS 7 February 1842 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marcel DUMAIS was born 12 December 1816 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marcel died 1 November 1896 in Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada. Marcel was the child of Marcel DUMAIS and Marie-Angelique CAZES.

Marie-Melvine MARTIN died 8 June 1874 in St-Denis, Quebec, 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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Marie-Melvine MARTIN married

Marcel DUMAIS-- Date: 7 February 1842 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East
Marcel DUMAIS was the child of Marcel DUMAIS and Marie-Angelique CAZES

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Children of Marcel DUMAIS and Marie-Melvine MARTIN:

Marie Claire Thais DUMAIS (b.4 August 1853, Saint-Denis, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada d. 7 June 1924, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada )
m. Olivier TREMBLAY 23 November 1874

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1821 Birth
13 December 1821
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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
Marie-Melvine MARTIN and Marcel DUMAIS 7 February 1842, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 20 years old.

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.

1853 Birth of Child
Marie Claire Thais DUMAIS was born 4 August 1853, Saint-Denis, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Melvine was 31 years old.

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.