Edouard DUPONT

(b. 20 September 1814 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 30 April 1869 , Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

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Edouard DUPONT was born 20 September 1814 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Edouard DUPONT was the child of François DUPONT and Marie THIBODEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie DUPONT and Marie-Louise LABRECQUE (maternal) Pierre THIBODEAU and Françoise UNKNOWN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Edouard married Aurelie DEROME 25 January 1847 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Aurelie DEROME was born 15 August 1818 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Aurelie died 6 March 1911 in Notre Dame de Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada. Aurelie was the child of Jean-Baptiste DEROME and Louise COUPAL.

Edouard DUPONT died 30 April 1869 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Edouard DUPONT was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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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Family and Children of Edouard DUPONT

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Edouard DUPONT married

Aurelie DEROME-- Date: 25 January 1847 Place: Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East
Aurelie DEROME was the child of Jean-Baptiste DEROME and Louise COUPAL

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Children of Edouard DUPONT and Aurelie DEROME:

Aurelie DUPONT (b.28 January 1848, Henryville, Canada East d. 16 April 1910, Notre Dame de Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada)
m. Medard LANOUE 14 February 1865 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien)

Edouard DUPONT (b.5 January 1850, Henryville, Canada East d. 27 April 1927, Henryville, Québec, Canada )
m. Melina LANOUE 21 September 1873 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien)

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1814 Birth
20 September 1814
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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)

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

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

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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Edouard DUPONT and Aurelie DEROME 25 January 1847, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

He was 32 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Aurelie DUPONT was born 28 January 1848, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Edouard was 33 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Edouard DUPONT was born 5 January 1850, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Edouard was 35 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Aurelie DUPONT married 14 February 1865, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien) to Medard LANOUE

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.