Jacques DUPONT

(b. abt. 1802 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 23 December 1879 , Québec, Québec, Canada )

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Jacques DUPONT was born abt. 1802 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Jacques DUPONT was the child of ? and ?

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

Jacques married Josette-Josephine PERRON 2 March 1824 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josette-Josephine PERRON was born 27 November 1805 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Josette-Josephine died 6 August 1892 in Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines). Josette-Josephine was the child of Pierre PERRON and Marie-Josephe BOURDELAIS dite ARCAND.

Jacques DUPONT died 23 December 1879 in Québec, 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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Family and Children of Jacques DUPONT

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Jacques DUPONT married

Josette-Josephine PERRON-- Date: 2 March 1824 Place: Québec, Lower Canada
Josette-Josephine PERRON was the child of Pierre PERRON and Marie-Josephe BOURDELAIS dite ARCAND

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Children of Jacques DUPONT and Josette-Josephine PERRON:

Edouard DUPONT (b.22 March 1840, Québec, Lower Canada d. 15 February 1938, Québec, Québec, Canada )
m. Marguerite-Adelaide DROLET 29 July 1861 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Jacques DUPONT and Josette-Josephine PERRON 2 March 1824, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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

1840 Birth of Child
Edouard DUPONT was born 22 March 1840, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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 - 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

1861 Marriage of Child
Edouard DUPONT married 29 July 1861, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marguerite-Adelaide DROLET

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.