Godefroi
VAILLANT
Born
4 February 1838
,
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died
3 February 1901
,
Sainte-Cécile-De-Masham, Québec, Canada
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Born: 4 February 1838 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada
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Godefroi married Sophie-Marie-Lucie GALARNEAU 24 July 1859 in Sainte-Cécile-De-Masham, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie-Marie-Lucie GALARNEAU was born abt. 1833 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Sophie-Marie-Lucie died 5 August 1878 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).
Godefroi VAILLANT died 3 February 1901 in Sainte-Cécile-De-Masham, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Godefroi VAILLANT
Godefroi VAILLANT married 
Sophie-Marie-Lucie GALARNEAU
Marriage date: 24 July 1859
Marriage place: Sainte-Cécile-De-Masham, Québec, Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Sophie-Marie-Lucie GALARNEAUMarriage date: 24 July 1859
Marriage place: Sainte-Cécile-De-Masham, Québec, Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Godefroi VAILLANT and Sophie-Marie-Lucie GALARNEAU
Magloire Edward VAILLANTBorn: 21 May 1871, Sainte-Cécile-de-Masham, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Died: 13 November 1941, Timmins, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada
Died: 13 November 1941, Timmins, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada
Married: Julie DELISLE 21 June 1898
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Birth — 18384 February 1838
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1859 Marriage / PartnerGodefroi VAILLANT and Sophie-Marie-Lucie GALARNEAU 24 July 1859, Sainte-Cécile-De-Masham, Québec, Canada
He was 21 years old.
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.
1871 Birth of ChildMagloire Edward VAILLANT was born 21 May 1871, Sainte-Cécile-de-Masham, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Godefroi was 33 years old.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1878 Death of Spouse/PartnerSophie-Marie-Lucie GALARNEAU died 5 August 1878, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of CanadaDeath — 19013 February 1901
Sainte-Cécile-De-Masham, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 63.
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