Marie-Josephe DUFOUR

(b. 3 November 1812 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 9 August 1868 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephe DUFOUR was born 3 November 1812 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Marie-Josephe DUFOUR was the child of Joseph DUFOUR and Genevieve CHOUINARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Germain DUFOUR and Genevieve GONTHIER (maternal) Jean-Marie CHOUINARD and Geneviève MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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

Marie-Josephe married Jean TREMBLAY 23 June 1829 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Jean TREMBLAY was born 2 November 1805 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Jean died 23 June 1887 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Jean was the child of Pierre-Raymond TREMBLAY and Ursule PERRON.

Marie-Josephe DUFOUR died 9 August 1868 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Marie-Josephe DUFOUR married

Jean TREMBLAY-- Date: 23 June 1829 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Jean TREMBLAY was the child of Pierre-Raymond TREMBLAY and Ursule PERRON

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Children of Jean TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephe DUFOUR:

Germain TREMBLAY (b.6 July 1830, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 30 August 1919, Luskville, Quebec, Canada)
m. Adelaide DESBIENS 20 February 1860 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Louise TREMBLAY (b.30 August 1833, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 17 December 1894, St-Charles-de-Bourget, Canada)

Emilienne TREMBLAY (b.21 September 1835, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )

Guillaume (William) TREMBLAY (b.27 January 1838, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 9 October 1910, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada)
m. Meridee-Anne-Éméridianne TREMBLAY 14 February 1870 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.22 June 1840, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 17 February 1878, La Patrie, Canada)
m. Sophie OUELLET 24 February 1862 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Demerise TREMBLAY (b.5 June 1842, La Malbaie, Canada East d. 12 August 1908, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Seraphin MENARD 30 January 1865 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Philomene TREMBLAY (b.8 June 1844, La Malbaie, Canada East d. , )

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1812 Birth
3 November 1812
La Malbaie, 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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe DUFOUR and Jean TREMBLAY 23 June 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 16 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Germain TREMBLAY was born 6 July 1830, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Josephe was 17 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Louise TREMBLAY was born 30 August 1833, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Josephe was 20 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Emilienne TREMBLAY was born 21 September 1835, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Josephe was 22 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Guillaume (William) TREMBLAY was born 27 January 1838, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Josephe was 25 years old.

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
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 22 June 1840, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Josephe was 27 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Demerise TREMBLAY was born 5 June 1842, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Josephe was 29 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Philomene TREMBLAY was born 8 June 1844, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Josephe was 31 years old.

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Germain TREMBLAY married 20 February 1860, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Adelaide DESBIENS

1862 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 24 February 1862, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Sophie OUELLET

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Demerise TREMBLAY married 30 January 1865, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Seraphin MENARD

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.