Edese GODIN

Born

abt. 1826 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

9 January 1880 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada

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Pierre GODIN Geneviève LAFOREST

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Born: abt. 1826 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Pierre GODIN

Mother: Geneviève LAFOREST

Paternal grandparents: Jean GODIN , Madeleine CARPENTIER

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie JOLY dit LAFOREST , Marie-Josephte LAMY dite DEFOND

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Edese married Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST 5 September 1854 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST was born 10 September 1828 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada . Jean-Baptiste died 30 August 1903 in Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Quebec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Marie DUTEAU dite VILANDRÉ.

Edese GODIN died 9 January 1880 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada .
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Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST
Marriage date: 5 September 1854
Marriage place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East
Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Marie DUTEAU dite VILANDRÉ

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Edese GODIN

Elmire LAFOREST

Born: 15 December 1859, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East
Died: 5 October 1944, Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Quebec, Canada

Married: Paul COURNOYER 21 November 1876 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada

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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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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

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 Marriage / Partner
Edese GODIN and Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST 5 September 1854, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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

1859 Birth of Child
Elmire LAFOREST was born 15 December 1859, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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.