Euphrosine ROY

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25 April 1792 , Beaumont, Lower Canada

Died

23 December 1868 , Québec, Québec, Canada

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Born: 25 April 1792 in Beaumont, Lower Canada

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Euphrosine married Jean-Baptiste TURGEON 9 February 1808 in Beaumont, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste TURGEON was born 26 November 1783 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Jean-Baptiste died 20 March 1841 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont).

Euphrosine ROY died 23 December 1868 in Québec, Québec, Canada .

died at St-Roch, Quebec City

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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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Jean-Baptiste TURGEON
Marriage date: 9 February 1808
Marriage place: Beaumont, Lower Canada

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Louis-Narcisse TURGEON

Born: 20 April 1829, Lambton, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1896, Lambton, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie Angele GOULET 20 April 1852 Place: Lambton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Vital)

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Birth — 1792
25 April 1792
Beaumont, Lower Canada

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

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

1808 Marriage / Partner
Euphrosine ROY and Jean-Baptiste TURGEON 9 February 1808, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

She was 15 years old.

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)

1829 Birth of Child
Louis-Narcisse TURGEON was born 20 April 1829, Lambton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Vital)

Euphrosine was 37 years old.

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

1841 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste TURGEON died 20 March 1841, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Louis-Narcisse TURGEON married 20 April 1852, Lambton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Vital) to Marie Angele GOULET

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.