Francis GEOFFROY

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14 April 1826 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Died

21 June 1901 , Hay, Huron, Ontario, Canada

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Born: 14 April 1826 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

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Francis married Marie Claire "Aglae" LATOUR dite FORGET 2 June 1856 in Canada West . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Claire "Aglae" LATOUR dite FORGET was born 29 April 1832 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Marie Claire "Aglae" died 16 January 1916 in Huron, Ontario, Canada.

Francis GEOFFROY died 21 June 1901 in Hay, Huron, Ontario, 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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Francis GEOFFROY married

Marie Claire "Aglae" LATOUR dite FORGET
Marriage date: 2 June 1856
Marriage place: , Canada West

Children of Francis GEOFFROY and Marie Claire "Aglae" LATOUR dite FORGET

Emeline GEOFFROY

Born: 10 November 1864, Stanley Township, Huron, Canada West
Died: 7 December 1949, Grand Bend, Huron, Ontario, Canada

Married: Leon Andrew JEFFREY 1 February 1886

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Birth — 1826
14 April 1826
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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.

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

1856 Marriage / Partner
Francis GEOFFROY and Marie Claire "Aglae" LATOUR dite FORGET 2 June 1856, , Ontario, Canada

He was 30 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)

1864 Birth of Child
Emeline GEOFFROY was born 10 November 1864, Stanley Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada

Francis was 38 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.