Edwidge
DORVAL
Born
28 May 1829
,
Sorel, Lower Canada
Died
18 March 1886
,
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
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Born: 28 May 1829 in Sorel, Lower Canada
Father:
Jean-Baptiste DORVAL
Paternal grandparents:
Jean-Baptiste DORVAL
, Marie-Louise COMEAU
Maternal grandparents:
Jean-Baptiste DUTREMBLE dit DESROSIERS
, Marie-Geneviève HUS MILET (MILLET)
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Edwidge married Charles DUFAULT 14 October 1861 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East . Charles DUFAULT was born 30 April 1821 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Charles was the child of Paul DUFAULT and Marie-Marthe PAYANT dite ST-ONGE.
Edwidge DORVAL died 18 March 1886 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Edwidge DORVAL
Edwidge DORVAL married 
Charles DUFAULT
Marriage date: 14 October 1861
Marriage place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Charles DUFAULT was the child of Paul DUFAULT and Marie-Marthe PAYANT dite ST-ONGE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Charles DUFAULTMarriage date: 14 October 1861
Marriage place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Charles DUFAULT was the child of Paul DUFAULT and Marie-Marthe PAYANT dite ST-ONGE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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Birth — 182928 May 1829
Sorel, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1861 Marriage / PartnerEdwidge DORVAL and Charles DUFAULT 14 October 1861, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
She was 32 years old.
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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
Death — 188618 March 1886
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 56.
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