flag female ancestor  Marcelline  DUFOUR

  (b. 18 January 1812 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 25 March 1876 Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )  

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Marcelline DUFOUR was born 18 January 1812 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Marcelline DUFOUR was the child of Jean-Guillaume DUFOUR   and   Marie-Euphrosine SAVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-François DUFOUR and Marie-Madeleine BRISSON (maternal)  Mathieu SAVARD and Cecile DESBIENS

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Marcelline  married  Etienne GIRARD 7 February 1832 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Etienne GIRARD  was born 1 August 1798 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements).  Etienne died 17 December 1889 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin).  Etienne was the child of Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Josephte BOIVIN.

Marcelline DUFOUR died 25 March 1876 in Saint-Fulgence, 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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Marcelline DUFOUR married flag male ancestor Etienne GIRARD-- Date: 7 February 1832 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
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Etienne GIRARD was the child of Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Josephte BOIVIN




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birth1812 Birth
18 January 1812
La Malbaie, 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
marriage1832 Marriage / Partner
Marcelline DUFOUR and Etienne GIRARD 7 February 1832, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 20 years old.
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)
1845 Birth of Child
Marie GIRARD was born 31 August 1845, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Marcelline was 33 years old.
1850 Birth of Child
Emerentienne GIRARD was born 30 January 1850, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marcelline was 38 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
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
marriage1871 Marriage of Child
Marie GIRARD married 6 November 1871, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Gedeon TREMBLAY
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1876 Death
25 March 1876
Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 64.
Added: 5/7/2024 5:03:22 PM - Updated: 12/30/2024 10:12:05 PM

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