William-Percival HUNT

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abt. 1791 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

19 June 1874 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

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Born: abt. 1791 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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William-Percival married Mary LUCAS 3 June 1840 in Sandy Beach, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary LUCAS was born 16 August 1808 in Cape Cove, Percé, Le Rocher-Percé, Quebec, Canada. Mary died 17 December 1863 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Mary was the child of Fitz Hugh LUCAS and Jane FERGUSSON.

William-Percival HUNT died 19 June 1874 in La Malbaie, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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William-Percival HUNT married

Mary LUCAS
Marriage date: 3 June 1840
Marriage place: Sandy Beach, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada
Mary LUCAS was the child of Fitz Hugh LUCAS and Jane FERGUSSON

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Children of William-Percival HUNT and Mary LUCAS

Margaret-Georgiana HUNT

Born: 9 April 1841, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 1 November 1897, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Philip-Samuel GIRARD 6 April 1863 Place: Gaspé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Albert-de-Gaspe)

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1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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
William-Percival HUNT and Mary LUCAS 3 June 1840, Sandy Beach, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Margaret-Georgiana HUNT was born 9 April 1841, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

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

1863 Marriage of Child
Margaret-Georgiana HUNT married 6 April 1863, Gaspé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Albert-de-Gaspe) to Philip-Samuel GIRARD

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mary LUCAS died 17 December 1863, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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.