Marie-Helene HENRICHON

Born

18 August 1820 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada

Died

12 November 1894 , St-Alexis des Monts, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada

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Ignace HENRICHON dit JARRY Marie CYR

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Born: 18 August 1820 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada

Father: Ignace HENRICHON dit JARRY

Mother: Marie CYR

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste JARRY dit HENRICHON , Veronique RAPIN

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Jean CYR , Marie-Louise MONET

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Marie-Helene married Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY 3 October 1842 in L'Assomption, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY was born 3 December 1815 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Jean-Baptiste died 9 December 1895 in St-Alexis des Monts, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean Baptiste MCMURRAY and Françoise SIMARD.

Marie-Helene HENRICHON died 12 November 1894 in St-Alexis des Monts, Maskinongé, 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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Marie-Helene HENRICHON married

Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY
Marriage date: 3 October 1842
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Canada East
Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY was the child of Jean Baptiste MCMURRAY and Françoise SIMARD

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Children of Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY and Marie-Helene HENRICHON

Charles MCMURRAY

Born: 1 June 1855, St-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East
Died: 11 June 1917, Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada

Married: Amanda LACOURSIERE 15 October 1878

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Birth — 1820
18 August 1820
Saint-Martin, Laval, 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-Helene HENRICHON and Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY 3 October 1842, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 22 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.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Charles MCMURRAY was born 1 June 1855, St-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada

Marie-Helene was 34 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.