flag female ancestor  Josephte  DUFOUR

  (b. 19 December 1819 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 8 May 1890 Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )  

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Josephte DUFOUR was born 19 December 1819 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Josephte DUFOUR was the child of Charles DUFOUR   and   Monique BARRETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Germain DUFOUR and Genevieve GONTHIER (maternal)  Basile BARRETTE and Marguerite SIMARD

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Josephte  married  Michel TREMBLAY 18 September 1854 in Chicoutimi, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Michel TREMBLAY  was born 26 January 1811 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements).  Michel died 28 December 1891 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay).  Michel was the child of Michel TREMBLAY and Agnes LAVOIE.

Josephte DUFOUR died 8 May 1890 in Chicoutimi, 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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Family and Children of Josephte DUFOUR

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Josephte DUFOUR married flag photo of Michel TREMBLAY  Michel TREMBLAY-- Date: 18 September 1854 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East
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Michel TREMBLAY was the child of Michel TREMBLAY and Agnes LAVOIE




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Children of Michel TREMBLAY and Josephte DUFOUR:

flag female ancestor Marie-Helene TREMBLAY (b.14 August 1855, Chicoutimi, Canada East   d. , )

flag female ancestor Emilie TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1857, , Québec Province, Canada   d. 21 June 1925, Legal, Alberta, Canada)

flag male ancestor Jean (John) TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )
m. Alpheda TREMBLAY 4 September 1883 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

flag female ancestor Alpheda TREMBLAY (b.25 October 1862, , Québec Province, Canada   d. 21 April 1932, )



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birth1819 Birth
19 December 1819
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
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
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.
marriage1854 Marriage / Partner
Josephte DUFOUR and Michel TREMBLAY 18 September 1854, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

She was 34 years old.
1855 Birth of Child
Marie-Helene TREMBLAY was born 14 August 1855, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Josephte was 35 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1862 Birth of Child
Alpheda TREMBLAY was born 25 October 1862, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Josephte was 42 years old.
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
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
marriage1883 Marriage of Child
Jean (John) TREMBLAY married 4 September 1883, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Alpheda TREMBLAY
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.
death1890 Death
8 May 1890
Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 70.
Added: 2/21/2024 11:48:44 AM - Updated: 2/21/2024 11:54:27 AM

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