Joseph BOUFFARD

Born

30 December 1819 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Died

13 August 1892 , St-Romain de Winslow, Frontenac, Quebec, Canada

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Joseph BOUFFARD Marie-Genevieve-Louise MORIN

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Born: 30 December 1819 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph BOUFFARD

Mother: Marie-Genevieve-Louise MORIN

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Joseph married Adelaide BEGIN 15 November 1842 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide BEGIN was born 17 July 1820 in Saint-Joseph, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada. Adelaide died 1 September 1913 in St-Romain de Winslow, Frontenac, Quebec, Canada. Adelaide was the child of Olivier BEGIN and Marie-Angelique BOURGETTE.

Joseph BOUFFARD died 13 August 1892 in St-Romain de Winslow, Frontenac, Quebec, Canada.
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Adelaide BEGIN
Marriage date: 15 November 1842
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East
Adelaide BEGIN was the child of Olivier BEGIN and Marie-Angelique BOURGETTE

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Marie BOUFFARD

Born: 15 July 1846, St-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada
Died: 20 October 1918, Kingscroft, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada

Married: Joseph-Honore DUQUET 5 March 1864

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Birth — 1819
30 December 1819
Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

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)

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BOUFFARD and Adelaide BEGIN 15 November 1842, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He 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)

1846 Birth of Child
Marie BOUFFARD was born 15 July 1846, St-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

Joseph was 26 years old.

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

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.