Marie-Josephe DUPUIS

(b. 15 August 1789 , Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 December 1885 , Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephe DUPUIS was born 15 August 1789 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephe DUPUIS was the child of Joseph DUPUIS and Françoise BENOIT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph DUPUIS dit MONTPELLIER and Marie BENJAMIN dite ST-AUBIN (maternal) Geoffroi BENOIT and Madeleine BABIN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Josephe married Alexis CYR 13 January 1806 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Alexis CYR was born 28 May 1785 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Alexis died 23 September 1853 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada. Alexis was the child of Jean Baptiste CYR dit CADIEN and Marie-Marguerite HERPIN.

Marie-Josephe DUPUIS died 10 December 1885 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, 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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Marie-Josephe DUPUIS married

Alexis CYR-- Date: 13 January 1806 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Alexis CYR was the child of Jean Baptiste CYR dit CADIEN and Marie-Marguerite HERPIN

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Children of Alexis CYR and Marie-Josephe DUPUIS:

Marie-Josephe CYR (b.4 January 1808, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean Baptiste BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN 21 February 1832 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Joseph CYR (b.7 December 1809, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Julienne PAQUET dite LAVALLEE 8 July 1828 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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1789 Birth
15 August 1789
Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1806 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe DUPUIS and Alexis CYR 13 January 1806, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

She was 16 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe CYR was born 4 January 1808, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marie-Josephe was 18 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Joseph CYR was born 7 December 1809, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marie-Josephe was 20 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)

1828 Marriage of Child
Joseph CYR married 8 July 1828, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Julienne PAQUET dite LAVALLEE

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe CYR married 21 February 1832, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Jean Baptiste BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN

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.

1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Alexis CYR died 23 September 1853, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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.