Francois (Francis) "Frank" PROULX (PRUE)

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6 April 1821 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Died

17 August 1874 , Stanstead, Quebec, Canada

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Born: 6 April 1821 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Francois (Francis) "Frank" married Genevieve DUHAMEL 30 January 1844 in Saint-Ours, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve DUHAMEL was born 23 May 1826 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).

Francois (Francis) "Frank" PROULX (PRUE) died 17 August 1874 in Stanstead, 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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Francois (Francis) "Frank" PROULX (PRUE) married

Genevieve DUHAMEL
Marriage date: 30 January 1844
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Canada East

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Children of Francois (Francis) "Frank" PROULX (PRUE) and Genevieve DUHAMEL

George Collier PRUE

Born: 16 October 1861, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
Died: 14 October 1933, , Vermont, USA

Married: Arvilla Mary BELKNAP 19 January 1883 Place: Derby, Vermont, USA (Derby Line) (Beebe Plain)

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Birth — 1821
6 April 1821
Saint-Ours, 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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Francois (Francis) "Frank" PROULX (PRUE) and Genevieve DUHAMEL 30 January 1844, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 22 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
George Collier PRUE was born 16 October 1861, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada

Francois (Francis) "Frank" was 40 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.