Joseph DUGAS

(b. 13 November 1805 , Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada d. 28 November 1849 , Canada )

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Joseph DUGAS was born 13 November 1805 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada

Joseph DUGAS was the child of Tranquile DUGAS and Theotiste GAUTHIER

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Joseph married Charlotte PLOURDE 26 July 1840 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte PLOURDE was born abt. 1821 in Miguasha, Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada. Charlotte died 6 September 1854 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charlotte was the child of Jean-Baptiste PLOURDE and Marie Marguerite HARQUAIL.

Joseph DUGAS died 28 November 1849 in 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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Joseph DUGAS married

Charlotte PLOURDE-- Date: 26 July 1840 Place: Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada
Charlotte PLOURDE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PLOURDE and Marie Marguerite HARQUAIL

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Children of Joseph DUGAS and Charlotte PLOURDE:

Marie-Marguerite DUGAS (b.13 October 1843, Miguasha, Nouvelle, Avignon, Canada East d. 27 December 1896, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Napoleon ALLAIN 26 January 1864 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

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1805 Birth
13 November 1805
Carleton-sur-Mer, 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)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUGAS and Charlotte PLOURDE 26 July 1840, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

He was 34 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite DUGAS was born 13 October 1843, Miguasha, Nouvelle, Avignon, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 37 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)