Stanislas LAFOND

(b. 18 March 1830 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. 20 May 1900 , Montréal, Québec, Canada )

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Stanislas LAFOND was born 18 March 1830 in Lachenaie, Lower Canada

Stanislas LAFOND was the child of Charles LAFOND and Françoise VAUDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LAFOND and Marie-Élisabeth PAUZÉ (maternal) Joseph VAUDRY and Marie-Anne CHENEVERT dite LEMARBRE

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

Stanislas married Adèle MERCIER 16 August 1873 in Montréal, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adèle MERCIER was born May 1842 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Adèle was the child of Joseph MERCIER dit LAJOIE and Anastasie THERRIEN.

Stanislas LAFOND died 20 May 1900 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .

m. (1) Melina Brousseau
Name: Stanislas Lafond
Event Type: Mariage (Marriage)
Marriage Date: 1856
Marriage Place: Montréal, Québec
Place of Worship or Institution: Basilique Notre-Dame
Spouse:
Melina Brousseau
Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968

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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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Stanislas LAFOND married

Adèle MERCIER-- Date: 16 August 1873 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Adèle MERCIER was the child of Joseph MERCIER dit LAJOIE and Anastasie THERRIEN

Name: Stanislas Lafont
[Stanislas Lafond]
Event Type: Mariage (Marriage)
Marriage Date: 1873
Marriage Place: Montréal, Québec
Place of Worship or Institution: Cathedrale St-Jacque-le-Majeur
Spouse:
Adele Mercier

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Children of Stanislas LAFOND and Adèle MERCIER:

Arthur LAFOND (b.abt. 1880, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Adelina POULIOT 24 August 1903 in Shawinigan, Québec, Canada (St-Boniface-de-Shawinigan)

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1830 Birth
18 March 1830
Lachenaie, Lower Canada

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)

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.

1856 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 - St Jacques Ward, Montreal East, Quebec
Name: Stanislas Lafond
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Widowed: M
Origin: French
Age: 32
Birth Date: 1839
Birth Place: Quebec
Residence Place: St Jacques Ward, Montreal East, Quebec
District Number: 105
Subdistrict: b
Division: 06
Religion: Catholic
Occupation: Plombern
Family Number: 234
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Household Members Age
Stanislas Lafond 32
Mélina Lafond
33
Emélie Lafond
12
Stanislas Lafond
10
Joseph Lafond
8
Louis Lafond
6
Charles Lafond
3
Arthur Lafond
1
1871 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1873 Marriage / Partner
Stanislas LAFOND and Adèle MERCIER 16 August 1873, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 43 years old.

1873 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - St Jean Baptiste Ward, Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada
Name: Stanislas Lafond
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 53
Birth Year: abt 1838
Birth Place: Quebec
Residence Date: 1891
Residence Place: St Jean Baptiste Ward, Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada
Relation to Head: Head
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Mess?
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Dwelling Uninhabited: B 2 2/ 8
French Canadian: Yes
Spouse's Name: Adele Lafond
Father's Birth Place: Quebec
Mother's Birth Place: Quebec
Division Number: 5
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Household Members Age Relationship
Stanislas Lafond 53 Head
Adele Lafond
46 Épouse (Wife)
Maria Lafond
14 Fille (Daughter)
Arthur Lafond
11 Fils (Son)
Albert Lafond
4 Fils (Son)
1891 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)