Claire MAHEU

(b. 27 July 1829 , Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada d. 16 August 1872 , Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada )

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Claire MAHEU was born 27 July 1829 in Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada

Claire MAHEU was the child of Antoine MAHEU and Genevieve PAQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MAHEU and Marie-Anne TRUDEL (maternal) Louis-Maurice PAQUET and Marguerite VAUTOUR

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

Claire married Augustin DUGAS 22 November 1853 in Sainte-Martine, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin DUGAS was born 31 March 1825 in Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada. Augustin died 3 August 1902 in Ste-Clotilde, Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada. Augustin was the child of Pierre DUGAS and Suzanne LEFEBVRE.

Claire MAHEU died 16 August 1872 in Sainte-Martine, 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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Family and Children of Claire MAHEU

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Claire MAHEU married

Augustin DUGAS-- Date: 22 November 1853 Place: Sainte-Martine, Canada East
Augustin DUGAS was the child of Pierre DUGAS and Suzanne LEFEBVRE

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Children of Augustin DUGAS and Claire MAHEU:

Justine DUGAS (b.14 August 1854, St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada d. 13 April 1913, Ste-Clotilde, Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada)
m. Antoine TREMBLAY 26 November 1872

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1829 Birth
27 July 1829
Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada

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

She was 24 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

Claire was 25 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.