Moise DUFOUR

(b. 13 October 1782 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 January 1852 , La Malbaie, Canada East )

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Moise DUFOUR was born 13 October 1782 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Moise DUFOUR was the child of Augustin-Roch DUFOUR and Marie-Thérèse-Suzanne TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Bonaventure DUFOUR and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY (maternal) Louis TREMBLAY and Marie-Ursule SIMARD

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Moise married Scholastique BERGERON 30 April 1811 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Scholastique BERGERON was born 25 June 1793 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Scholastique died 31 March 1871 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Scholastique was the child of Etienne-Isidore BERGERON and Agnes SIMARD dite LOMBRETTE.

Moise DUFOUR died 30 January 1852 in La Malbaie, Canada East .
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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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Moise DUFOUR married

Scholastique BERGERON-- Date: 30 April 1811 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Scholastique BERGERON was the child of Etienne-Isidore BERGERON and Agnes SIMARD dite LOMBRETTE

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Children of Moise DUFOUR and Scholastique BERGERON:

Etienne DUFOUR (b.25 December 1815, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Euphemie GAGNÉ 13 October 1840 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1782 Birth
13 October 1782
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1811 Marriage / Partner
Moise DUFOUR and Scholastique BERGERON 30 April 1811, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 28 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Etienne DUFOUR was born 25 December 1815, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Moise was 33 years old.

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)

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Etienne DUFOUR married 13 October 1840, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Euphemie GAGNÉ

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)