Felix CONNOLLY

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5 April 1816 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Died

23 April 1884 , Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada

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Born: 5 April 1816 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

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Felix married Marguerite COURCHESNE 9 April 1839 in Drummondville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite COURCHESNE was born 6 June 1817 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marguerite died 24 January 1892 in Danville, Richmond, Québec, Canada.

Felix CONNOLLY died 23 April 1884 in Durham-Sud, Québec, 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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Marguerite COURCHESNE
Marriage date: 9 April 1839
Marriage place: Drummondville, Lower Canada

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Children of Felix CONNOLLY and Marguerite COURCHESNE

Marie Emma CONNOLLY

Born: 25 March 1849, St-Frédéric Wickham, Drummond, Quebec, Canada
Died: 1 January 1921, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

Married: Ludger CAYA 13 October 1896

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Birth — 1816
5 April 1816
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Felix CONNOLLY and Marguerite COURCHESNE 9 April 1839, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1849 Birth of Child
Marie Emma CONNOLLY was born 25 March 1849, St-Frédéric Wickham, Drummond, Quebec, Canada

Felix was 32 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 - 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)

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.