Marguerite POIRIER

(b. 25 April 1801 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada d. 25 March 1869 , Châteauguay, Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite POIRIER was born 25 April 1801 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Marguerite POIRIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste POIRIER and Félicité-Charlotte PICARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste POIRIER and Charlotte LECOMPTE (maternal) Antoine PICARD and Angélique DUQUET dite DESROSIERS

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

Marguerite married Dominique DUPONT 25 November 1822 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Dominique DUPONT was born 15 October 1802 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Dominique died 28 July 1854 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Dominique was the child of Dominique DUPONT and Marguerite D'AMOURS.

Marguerite POIRIER died 25 March 1869 in Châteauguay, 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 Marguerite POIRIER

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Marguerite POIRIER married

Dominique DUPONT-- Date: 25 November 1822 Place: Châteauguay, Lower Canada

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Dominique DUPONT was the child of Dominique DUPONT and Marguerite D'AMOURS

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Children of Dominique DUPONT and Marguerite POIRIER:

Sophie DUPONT (b.22 November 1830, Châteauguay, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Antoine TREMBLAY 26 October 1852 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Marie DUPONT (b.abt. 1841, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Barthelemy TREMBLAY 12 November 1861 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

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1801 Birth
25 April 1801
Châteauguay, Lower Canada

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite POIRIER and Dominique DUPONT 25 November 1822, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

She was 21 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)

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

1830 Birth of Child
Sophie DUPONT was born 22 November 1830, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Marguerite was 29 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)

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

1852 Marriage of Child
Sophie DUPONT married 26 October 1852, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) to Antoine TREMBLAY

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

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Dominique DUPONT died 28 July 1854, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

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

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

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Marie DUPONT married 12 November 1861, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) to Barthelemy TREMBLAY

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.