Antoine DAUNAIS

(b. 23 May 1802 , Verchères, Lower Canada d. 29 April 1882 , Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )

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Antoine DAUNAIS was born 23 May 1802 in Verchères, Lower Canada

Antoine DAUNAIS was the child of ? and ?

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Antoine married Marguerite CHOLETTE 10 January 1825 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite CHOLETTE was born 11 April 1803 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 20 November 1891 in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé).

Antoine DAUNAIS died 29 April 1882 in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, 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 Antoine DAUNAIS

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Antoine DAUNAIS married

Marguerite CHOLETTE-- Date: 10 January 1825 Place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada

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Children of Antoine DAUNAIS and Marguerite CHOLETTE:

Monique Elise "Monie" DAUNAIS (b.26 July 1833, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 11 July 1897, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. François Xavier LARIVIERE

Saul DAUNAIS (DONAIS) (b.21 May 1835, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 14 April 1914, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Zoe DUFRESNE 27 November 1860 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1802 Birth
23 May 1802
Verchères, 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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Antoine DAUNAIS and Marguerite CHOLETTE 10 January 1825, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 22 years old.

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

1833 Birth of Child
Monique Elise "Monie" DAUNAIS was born 26 July 1833, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 31 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Saul DAUNAIS (DONAIS) was born 21 May 1835, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Antoine was 33 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

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.

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
Saul DAUNAIS (DONAIS) married 27 November 1860, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Zoe DUFRESNE

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.