Joseph-Delphin
DUCHARME
Born
October 1827
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died
16 November 1899
,
Saint Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada
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Born: October 1827 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
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Joseph-Delphin married Marie-Julie DESILETS 9 October 1854 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Julie DESILETS was born June 1825 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Julie died 13 April 1903 in Saint-Louis-de-France, Champlain, Québec, Canada.
Joseph-Delphin DUCHARME died 16 November 1899 in Saint Maurice, Champlain, 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 Joseph-Delphin DUCHARME
Joseph-Delphin DUCHARME married 
Marie-Julie DESILETS
Marriage date: 9 October 1854
Marriage place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Marie-Julie DESILETSMarriage date: 9 October 1854
Marriage place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Joseph-Delphin DUCHARME and Marie-Julie DESILETS
Moise DUCHARMEBorn: 16 July 1855, St-Maurice, Champlain, Canada East
Died: 4 March 1923, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 4 March 1923, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Married: Olivine DOUCET 20 July 1880
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Birth — 1827October 1827
Bécancour, Nicolet, 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1854 Marriage / PartnerJoseph-Delphin DUCHARME and Marie-Julie DESILETS 9 October 1854, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*
He was 27 years old.
1855 Birth of ChildMoise DUCHARME was born 16 July 1855, St-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada
Joseph-Delphin was 27 years old.
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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 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 Canada
Death — 189916 November 1899
Saint Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 72.
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