Marie-Catherine DUMAS

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24 February 1788 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

1 March 1845 , Lanoraie, Canada East

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Joseph-Louis DUMAS Marie-Josephte BIBEAU

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Born: 24 February 1788 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph-Louis DUMAS

Mother: Marie-Josephte BIBEAU

Paternal grandparents: Louis DUMAS , Josephte PICHET dite DUPRÉ

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BIBEAU , Celeste-Isabelle SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE

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Marie-Catherine married Noel CAISSE 29 February 1808 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Noel CAISSE was born 25 December 1781 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Noel died 15 February 1864 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Noel was the child of Etienne CAISSE and Catherine FRAPPIER dite HILAIRE BEAUNOYER.

Marie-Catherine DUMAS died 1 March 1845 in Lanoraie, Canada East .
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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-Catherine DUMAS married

Noel CAISSE
Marriage date: 29 February 1808
Marriage place: Lavaltrie, Lower Canada
Noel CAISSE was the child of Etienne CAISSE and Catherine FRAPPIER dite HILAIRE BEAUNOYER

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Saint Antoine

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Children of Noel CAISSE and Marie-Catherine DUMAS

Joseph CAISSE

Born: 25 October 1812, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: 27 March 1889, Cohoes, New York, USA

Lucie CAISSE

Born: 6 January 1814, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: 5 March 1893, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Laurent CAISSE

Born: 13 August 1824, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: 2 July 1903, Cohoes, New York, USA

Justine CAISSE

Born: 14 March 1827, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1788
24 February 1788
Sorel, 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)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine DUMAS and Noel CAISSE 29 February 1808, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

She was 20 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Joseph CAISSE was born 25 October 1812, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Marie-Catherine was 24 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Lucie CAISSE was born 6 January 1814, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Marie-Catherine was 25 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)

1824 Birth of Child
Laurent CAISSE was born 13 August 1824, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Marie-Catherine was 36 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Justine CAISSE was born 14 March 1827, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Marie-Catherine was 39 years old.

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

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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)