Elisabeth DUFOUR

(b. 16 September 1797 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 27 November 1879 , La Baie, Québec, Canada )

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Elisabeth DUFOUR was born 16 September 1797 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Elisabeth DUFOUR was the child of Timothee DUFOUR and Elisabeth SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel DUFOUR and Madeleine BOISSONNEAU (maternal) Louis-Henri SIMARD and Felicite BOIVIN

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

Elisabeth married Abraham TREMBLAY 20 February 1821 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Abraham TREMBLAY was born 7 April 1799 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Abraham died 22 March 1876 in St-Alphonse-de-Bagotville, Quebec, Canada. Abraham was the child of Alexis TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine-Anne DEMEULES.

Elisabeth DUFOUR died 27 November 1879 in La Baie, 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 Elisabeth DUFOUR

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Elisabeth DUFOUR married

Abraham TREMBLAY-- Date: 20 February 1821 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Abraham TREMBLAY was the child of Alexis TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine-Anne DEMEULES

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Children of Abraham TREMBLAY and Elisabeth DUFOUR:

Theophile TREMBLAY (b.2 December 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 29 February 1880, La Baie, Québec, Canada )
m. Sophie LAPOINTE 1 February 1853 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
m. Delima SAVARD 6 July 1869 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Stanislas TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1828, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Modeste TREMBLAY 5 February 1850 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Flavie TREMBLAY (b.12 June 1830, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 20 February 1910, Laterrière, Québec, Canada)

Antoinette TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Elisabeth TREMBLAY (b.10 August 1834, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Theodule TREMBLAY 19 February 1855 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Privat TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Emerentienne BOULIANNE 17 February 1857 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)
m. Monique MORIN 8 February 1859 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Louise TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Abraham TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 July 1909, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Rose-Delima LAPOINTE 17 February 1861 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1797 Birth
16 September 1797
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth DUFOUR and Abraham TREMBLAY 20 February 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 23 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Theophile TREMBLAY was born 2 December 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Elisabeth was 29 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Flavie TREMBLAY was born 12 June 1830, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Elisabeth was 32 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Elisabeth TREMBLAY was born 10 August 1834, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Elisabeth was 36 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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Stanislas TREMBLAY married 5 February 1850, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Modeste TREMBLAY

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Theophile TREMBLAY married 1 February 1853, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Sophie LAPOINTE

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth TREMBLAY married 19 February 1855, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Theodule TREMBLAY

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage of Child
Privat TREMBLAY married 17 February 1857, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Emerentienne BOULIANNE

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Marriage of Child
Privat TREMBLAY married 8 February 1859, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Monique MORIN

1861 Marriage of Child
Abraham TREMBLAY married 17 February 1861, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Rose-Delima LAPOINTE

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Marriage of Child
Theophile TREMBLAY married 6 July 1869, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Delima SAVARD

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.