Nazaire CHOUINARD

(b. abt. 1828 , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 May 1877 , Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Quebec, Canada )

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Nazaire CHOUINARD was born abt. 1828 in Québec Province, Canada

Nazaire CHOUINARD was the child of Basile CHOUINARD and Luce PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Romain CHOUINARD and Francoise TALBOT (maternal) Pierre PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Angélique GAUDREAU

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

Nazaire married Marie-Evangeliste FORTIN 17 October 1848 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Evangeliste FORTIN was born abt. 1828 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Evangeliste was the child of Abraham FORTIN and Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES.

Nazaire CHOUINARD died 3 May 1877 in Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Quebec, 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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Nazaire CHOUINARD married

Marie-Evangeliste FORTIN-- Date: 17 October 1848 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Marie-Evangeliste FORTIN was the child of Abraham FORTIN and Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Children of Nazaire CHOUINARD and Marie-Evangeliste FORTIN:

Alfred CHOUINARD (b.25 July 1849, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East d. , )
m. Josephine BELANGER 3 February 1874

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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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Nazaire CHOUINARD and Marie-Evangeliste FORTIN 17 October 1848, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Alfred CHOUINARD was born 25 July 1849, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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)

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.