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Esther  married  Norbert JOLY 17 February 1868 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Norbert JOLY  was born 28 October 1848 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East .  Norbert died 20 December 1927 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada .  Norbert was the child of Joseph JOLY and Marguerite DOUCET .

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Esther  married  Norbert JOLY 17 February 1868 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Norbert JOLY  was born 28 October 1848 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East .  Norbert died 20 December 1927 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada .  Norbert was the child of Joseph JOLY and Marguerite DOUCET.

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Early 1600s–1760
Canada, New France
1760–1763
Canada
1763–1791
Province of Québec
1791–1867
Lower Canada
1867–present
Québec, Canada

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BirthBirth — 1850
4 February 1850
Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1868 Marriage / Partner
Esther DESROSIERS and Norbert JOLY 17 February 1868, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)

She was 18 years old.
1870 Birth of Child
Alexandrina JOLY was born 27 December 1870, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)

Esther was 20 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
marriage1889 Marriage of Child
Alexandrina JOLY married 27 August 1889, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada to Eugene GRAVEL
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1897 Death of Child
Alexandrina JOLY died 13 June 1897, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Esther was 47 years old.
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
DeathDeath — 1905
25 March 1905
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 55.
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