flag male ancestor  Etienne  DUFAULT

  (b. 17 December 1795 Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 8 September 1881 Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )  

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Etienne DUFAULT was born 17 December 1795 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Etienne DUFAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUFAULT dit RACLOS   and   Marie-Catherine ST-MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-François DUFAULT and Charlotte PILOTE (maternal)  Pierre-Étienne ST-MARTIN and Marie-Rose DELBEC dite JOLY

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Etienne  married  Marie-Thérèse TESSIER 16 July 1822 in Sorel, Lower Canada .  Marie-Thérèse TESSIER  was born 19 August 1800 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Marie-Thérèse died 25 September 1875 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Thérèse was the child of Joseph TESSIER and Marie-Thérèse ÉTHIER.

Etienne DUFAULT died 8 September 1881 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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Etienne DUFAULT married flag female ancestor Marie-Thérèse TESSIER-- Date: 16 July 1822 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marie-Thérèse TESSIER was the child of Joseph TESSIER and Marie-Thérèse ÉTHIER




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birth1795 Birth
17 December 1795
Sorel, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1822 Marriage / Partner
Etienne DUFAULT and Marie-Thérèse TESSIER 16 July 1822, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 26 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1875 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Thérèse TESSIER died 25 September 1875, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1881 Death
8 September 1881
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 85.
Added: 4/12/2016 3:35:01 PM - Updated: 4/7/2025 12:50:35 PM

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