Francois-Xavier
DODIER
Born
23 November 1821
,
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Died
14 March 1904
,
Saint-Victor, Beauce, Québec, Canada
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Francois-Xavier DODIER was born 23 November 1821 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
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Francois-Xavier married Scholastique LESSARD 16 May 1848 in Beauceville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Scholastique LESSARD was born 23 December 1820 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Scholastique died 11 July 1902 in Saint-Victor, Beauce, Québec, Canada (Saint-Victor-de-Tring) (Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring).
Francois-Xavier DODIER died 14 March 1904 in Saint-Victor, Beauce, 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.
Family and Children of Francois-Xavier DODIER
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Scholastique LESSARD-- Date: 16 May 1848 Place: Beauceville, Canada East
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Scholastique LESSARD-- Date: 16 May 1848 Place: Beauceville, Canada East Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Francois-Xavier DODIER and Scholastique LESSARD
Celina Mathilde DODIER (b.7 June 1859, St-Victor-de-Tring, Beauce, Quebec, Canada d. 17 August 1907, St-Victor-de-Tring, Beauce, Quebec, Canada)m. Georges LEPAGE 25 January 1881 in Saint-Victor, Beauce, Québec, Canada (Saint-Victor-de-Tring) (Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring)
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1821 Birth 23 November 1821
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1848 Marriage / PartnerFrancois-Xavier DODIER and Scholastique LESSARD 16 May 1848, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)
He was 26 years old.
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 Birth of ChildCelina Mathilde DODIER was born 7 June 1859, St-Victor-de-Tring, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
Francois-Xavier was 37 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.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada1881 Marriage of ChildCelina Mathilde DODIER married 25 January 1881, Saint-Victor, Beauce, Québec, Canada (Saint-Victor-de-Tring) (Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring) to Georges LEPAGE
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 Canada1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
1902 Death of Spouse/PartnerScholastique LESSARD died 11 July 1902, Saint-Victor, Beauce, Québec, Canada (Saint-Victor-de-Tring) (Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring)
1904 Death 14 March 1904
Saint-Victor, Beauce, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 82.
Added: 10/12/2025 12:26:42 PM
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