Honore DIONNE

(b. 13 May 1826 , Cacouna, Lower Canada d. 19 March 1874 , Saint-Modeste, Canada )

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Honore DIONNE was born 13 May 1826 in Cacouna, Lower Canada

Honore DIONNE was the child of Honore DIONNE and Theotiste LEVESQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Honore DIONNE and Charlotte PELLETIER (maternal) Germain LEVESQUE and Anastasie OUELLET

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

Honore married Lucie PELLETIER 11 August 1846 in Cacouna, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lucie PELLETIER was born 28 November 1822 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Lucie died 4 September 1887 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Lucie was the child of Etienne PELLETIER and Euphrosine LEVASSEUR.

Honore DIONNE died 19 March 1874 in Saint-Modeste, 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 Honore DIONNE

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Honore DIONNE married

Lucie PELLETIER-- Date: 11 August 1846 Place: Cacouna, Canada East

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Lucie PELLETIER was the child of Etienne PELLETIER and Euphrosine LEVASSEUR

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Children of Honore DIONNE and Lucie PELLETIER:

Joseph DIONNE (b.6 December 1864, Saint-Modeste, Canada d. 22 January 1933, )
m. Adeline COTE 15 February 1887

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1826 Birth
13 May 1826
Cacouna, Lower Canada

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Honore DIONNE and Lucie PELLETIER 11 August 1846, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

He was 20 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Joseph DIONNE was born 6 December 1864, Saint-Modeste, Canada

Honore was 38 years old.

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.