Louise DUFOUR

(b. 2 November 1821 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 14 June 1890 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Louise DUFOUR was born 2 November 1821 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Louise DUFOUR was the child of Germain DUFOUR and Emerance GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis DUFOUR and Madeleine-Sophie DESGAGNES (maternal) Jean-Marc GAGNON and Marie-Augustine BOUCHARD

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

Louise married Louis TREMBLAY 1 July 1845 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Louis TREMBLAY was born 10 January 1818 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Louis died 26 April 1891 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Louis was the child of Joseph-Louis TREMBLAY and Marie HARVEY.

Louise DUFOUR died 14 June 1890 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, 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 Louise DUFOUR

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Louise DUFOUR married

Louis TREMBLAY-- Date: 1 July 1845 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
Louis TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph-Louis TREMBLAY and Marie HARVEY

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Children of Louis TREMBLAY and Louise DUFOUR:

Timothee TREMBLAY (b.16 March 1848, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 23 March 1848, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East )

Louis TREMBLAY (b.13 February 1849, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 29 January 1850, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East )

Marie-Olivine TREMBLAY (b.1 December 1850, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 4 November 1911, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Alexis TREMBLAY 15 August 1876 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)
m. Diomede TREMBLAY 14 June 1882 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Mederic TREMBLAY (b.25 May 1853, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 31 December 1896, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Virginie GOSSELIN 4 November 1873 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)
m. Delphine DUCHESNE 22 November 1880 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Louis TREMBLAY (b.18 May 1855, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. , )

Elmina TREMBLAY (b.3 December 1857, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. , )

Timothee TREMBLAY (b.24 December 1859, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 19 October 1939, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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1821 Birth
2 November 1821
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Louise DUFOUR and Louis TREMBLAY 1 July 1845, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 23 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Timothee TREMBLAY was born 16 March 1848, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Louise was 26 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Louis TREMBLAY was born 13 February 1849, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Louise was 27 years old.

1850 Death of Child
Louis TREMBLAY died 29 January 1850, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Louise was 28 years old.

1850 Birth of Child
Marie-Olivine TREMBLAY was born 1 December 1850, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Louise was 29 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Mederic TREMBLAY was born 25 May 1853, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Louise was 31 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Louis TREMBLAY was born 18 May 1855, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Louise was 33 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Elmina TREMBLAY was born 3 December 1857, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Louise was 36 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Timothee TREMBLAY was born 24 December 1859, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Louise was 38 years old.

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.