Francois
DUPONT
(b.
11 August 1819
,
Contrecœur, Lower Canada
d.
15 February 1895
,
Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
)
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Francois DUPONT was born 11 August 1819 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Francois DUPONT was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Francois married Rose FORTIER 2 February 1856 in Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose FORTIER was born 9 May 1810 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Rose died 16 January 1888 in Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada.
Francois DUPONT died 15 February 1895 in Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, 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.
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Family and Children of Francois DUPONT
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Rose FORTIER-- Date: 2 February 1856 Place: Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
St. Alphonse de Ligouri
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Francois DUPONT and Rose FORTIER:
Bruno DUPONT (b.2 July 1842, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada d. 10 January 1912, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada)
m. Sarah Salomee "Sally" MALLETTE 1 January 1870
Rose FORTIER-- Date: 2 February 1856 Place: Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, CanadaSt. Alphonse de Ligouri
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Francois DUPONT and Rose FORTIER:
Bruno DUPONT (b.2 July 1842, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada d. 10 January 1912, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada)m. Sarah Salomee "Sally" MALLETTE 1 January 1870
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1819 Birth 11 August 1819
Contrecœur, Lower Canada
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - 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 Canada1842 Birth of ChildBruno DUPONT was born 2 July 1842, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
Francois was 22 years old.
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.
1856 Marriage / PartnerFrancois DUPONT and Rose FORTIER 2 February 1856, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
He was 36 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.
1888 Death of Spouse/PartnerRose FORTIER died 16 January 1888, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
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 Canada1895 Death 15 February 1895
Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 75.
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