flag female ancestor  Marcelline  DUFOUR

  (b. 4 February 1817 Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada   d. 30 July 1888 Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )  

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Marcelline DUFOUR was born 4 February 1817 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Marcelline DUFOUR was the child of Clement DUFOUR   and   Marie-Julie TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Augustin-Roch DUFOUR and Marie-Thérèse-Suzanne TREMBLAY (maternal)  Louis-Andre TREMBLAY and Judith DUFOUR

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Marcelline  married  Octave GIRARD 8 September 1840 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Octave GIRARD  was born 3 September 1806 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements).  Octave died 4 November 1855 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori).  Octave was the child of René GIRARD and Marguerite FOURNIER.

Marcelline DUFOUR died 30 July 1888 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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birth1817 Birth
4 February 1817
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1840 Marriage / Partner
Marcelline DUFOUR and Octave GIRARD 8 September 1840, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 23 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Octave GIRARD died 4 November 1855, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1869 Marriage of Child
Anthanaise (Anaise) GIRARD married 31 May 1869, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Joseph TREMBLAY
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
death1888 Death
30 July 1888
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 71.
Added: 1/22/2024 5:53:30 PM - Updated: 11/26/2024 3:14:20 PM

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