Ferdinand PLOURDE

(b. 27 May 1841 , Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East d. 25 January 1875 , Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Saint-Maurice, Quebec, Canada )

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Ferdinand PLOURDE was born 27 May 1841 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East

Ferdinand PLOURDE was the child of ? and ?

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Ferdinand married Philomene OUVRARD dite LAPERRIÈRE 4 October 1859 in Maskinongé, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Philomene OUVRARD dite LAPERRIÈRE was born abt. 1841 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).

Ferdinand PLOURDE died 25 January 1875 in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Saint-Maurice, 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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Ferdinand PLOURDE married

Philomene OUVRARD dite LAPERRIÈRE-- Date: 4 October 1859 Place: Maskinongé, Canada East

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Children of Ferdinand PLOURDE and Philomene OUVRARD dite LAPERRIÈRE:

Marie Victorienne Florella PLOURDE (b.10 November 1873, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec, Canada d. 27 March 1964, Rumford, Maine, USA)
m. Joseph FRASER 12 August 1895 in Franklin, New Hampshire, USA

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1841 Birth
27 May 1841
Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East

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

1859 Marriage / Partner
Ferdinand PLOURDE and Philomene OUVRARD dite LAPERRIÈRE 4 October 1859, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

He was 18 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1873 Birth of Child
Marie Victorienne Florella PLOURDE was born 10 November 1873, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec, Canada

Ferdinand was 32 years old.