Abraham DUFAULT

Born

5 October 1811 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

23 January 1897 , Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada

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Pierre DUFAULT Elisabeth ST-MARTIN

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Born: 5 October 1811 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre DUFAULT

Mother: Elisabeth ST-MARTIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DUFAULT dit RACLOS , Marie-Josephe RAJOTTE

Maternal grandparents: Antoine ST-MARTIN , Elisabeth LAVALLÉE

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Abraham married Charlotte CARDIN dite LOISEAU 19 September 1831 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Charlotte CARDIN dite LOISEAU was born 27 June 1808 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Charlotte was the child of Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Marie DUHAMEL.

Abraham DUFAULT died 23 January 1897 in Saint-Guillaume, 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.

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Charlotte CARDIN dite LOISEAU
Marriage date: 19 September 1831
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada

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Charlotte CARDIN dite LOISEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Marie DUHAMEL

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Birth — 1811
5 October 1811
Sorel, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Abraham DUFAULT and Charlotte CARDIN dite LOISEAU 19 September 1831, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 19 years old.

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

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

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.