Joseph LEFRANCOIS

Born

14 April 1836 , Matane, Lower Canada

Died

23 November 1900 , Sayabec, Matapédia, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Caroline DICKEN (DECAEN) 13 January 1857 in Matane, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Caroline DICKEN (DECAEN) was born abt. 1839 Caroline died 25 November 1873 in Sainte-Félicité, Matane, Québec, Canada .

Parents & Family of Joseph LEFRANCOIS

Parents of Joseph LEFRANCOIS

Father

Joseph-Ignace LEFRANCOIS

Mother

Marie-Angele GAGNE

Grandparents of Joseph LEFRANCOIS

Paternal grandparents

Ignace LEFRANCOIS Rosalie GRAVEL

Maternal grandparents

Joseph GAGNE Marie PARÉ

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph LEFRANCOIS

Joseph LEFRANCOIS married

Caroline DICKEN (DECAEN)
Marriage date: 13 January 1857
Marriage place: Matane, Canada East

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph LEFRANCOIS and Caroline DICKEN (DECAEN)

Caroline LEFRANCOIS

Born: 16 August 1860, Sainte-Félicité, Matane, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Francois GAGNON 18 January 1876 Place: Sainte-Félicité, Matane, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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Birth — 1836
14 April 1836
Matane, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEFRANCOIS and Caroline DICKEN (DECAEN) 13 January 1857, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

He was 20 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Caroline LEFRANCOIS was born 16 August 1860, Sainte-Félicité, Matane, Québec, Canada (Ste-Felicite)

Joseph was 24 years old.

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.