Augustin DUGAS

Born

31 March 1825 , Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada

Died

3 August 1902 , Ste-Clotilde, Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada

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Pierre DUGAS Suzanne LEFEBVRE

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Born: 31 March 1825 in Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre DUGAS

Mother: Suzanne LEFEBVRE

Paternal grandparents: Amable-Pascal DUGAS , Marie AUGER dite GASPARD

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Basile LEFEBVRE , Marie-Louise COLIGNON

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Augustin married Claire MAHEU 22 November 1853 in Sainte-Martine, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claire MAHEU was born 27 July 1829 in Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada. Claire died 16 August 1872 in Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada. Claire was the child of Antoine MAHEU and Genevieve PAQUET.

Augustin DUGAS died 3 August 1902 in Ste-Clotilde, Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada.
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Augustin DUGAS married

Claire MAHEU
Marriage date: 22 November 1853
Marriage place: Sainte-Martine, Canada East
Claire MAHEU was the child of Antoine MAHEU and Genevieve PAQUET

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Justine DUGAS

Born: 14 August 1854, St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
Died: 13 April 1913, Ste-Clotilde, Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada

Married: Antoine TREMBLAY 26 November 1872

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Birth — 1825
31 March 1825
Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Augustin DUGAS and Claire MAHEU 22 November 1853, Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Justine DUGAS was born 14 August 1854, St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

Augustin was 29 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.