Bonaventure DUFOUR

Born

abt. 1713 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

14 April 1783 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

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Gabriel-Robert DUFOUR Louise GAGNÉ

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Born: abt. 1713 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Gabriel-Robert DUFOUR

Mother: Louise GAGNÉ

Maternal grandparents: Ignace GAGNÉ , Barbe DODIER

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Bonaventure married Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY 8 November 1734 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY was born 4 March 1715 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Elisabeth died 15 May 1799 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Françoise MOREL.

Bonaventure DUFOUR died 14 April 1783 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of 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-Elisabeth TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 8 November 1734
Marriage place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Françoise MOREL

Children of Bonaventure DUFOUR and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY

Marie-Reine DUFOUR

Born: abt. 1734, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 October 1812, Isle-aux-Grues, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre LAVOIE 17 November 1756 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Augustin-Roch DUFOUR

Born: 11 November 1737, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 13 June 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Thérèse-Suzanne TREMBLAY 9 November 1772 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Marie-Françoise DUFOUR

Born: 27 December 1739, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 12 June 1815, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Married: Louis BOUCHARD 14 November 1757 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jean-Baptiste DUFOUR

Born: 15 November 1742, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 1 June 1810, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Married: Genevieve BOUCHARD 17 November 1768 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph DUFOUR

Born: 7 October 1744, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 15 December 1829, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY 2 September 1771 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Constance-Colombe DUFOUR

Born: 30 December 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 18 December 1776, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 17 November 1768 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Zacharie DUFOUR

Born: 23 March 1750, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 17 March 1833, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Married: Marie Anne THERIAULT 8 January 1781 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Josephe DUFOUR

Born: 28 May 1757, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 24 November 1833, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Married: Elie MAILLOUX 9 November 1777 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1734 Marriage / Partner
Bonaventure DUFOUR and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY 8 November 1734, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1737 Birth of Child
Augustin-Roch DUFOUR was born 11 November 1737, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1739 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise DUFOUR was born 27 December 1739, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1742 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUFOUR was born 15 November 1742, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1744 Birth of Child
Joseph DUFOUR was born 7 October 1744, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1746 Birth of Child
Constance-Colombe DUFOUR was born 30 December 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1750 Birth of Child
Zacharie DUFOUR was born 23 March 1750, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1756 Marriage of Child
Marie-Reine DUFOUR married 17 November 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Pierre LAVOIE

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe DUFOUR was born 28 May 1757, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1757 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise DUFOUR married 14 November 1757, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Louis BOUCHARD

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1768 Marriage of Child
Constance-Colombe DUFOUR married 17 November 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

1768 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUFOUR married 17 November 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Genevieve BOUCHARD

1771 Marriage of Child
Joseph DUFOUR married 2 September 1771, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY

1772 Marriage of Child
Augustin-Roch DUFOUR married 9 November 1772, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Marie-Thérèse-Suzanne TREMBLAY

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1776 Death of Child
Constance-Colombe DUFOUR died 18 December 1776, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1777 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe DUFOUR married 9 November 1777, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Elie MAILLOUX

1781 Marriage of Child
Zacharie DUFOUR married 8 January 1781, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie Anne THERIAULT

Death — 1783
14 April 1783
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

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