flag female ancestor  Marguerite  DUBOIS

  (b. 22 August 1820 Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada   d. 31 December 1901 Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada )  

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Marguerite DUBOIS was born 22 August 1820 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Marguerite DUBOIS was the child of Francois-Xavier DUBOIS   and   Marguerite LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Francois DUBOIS and Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE (maternal)  Antoine LEBLANC and Marguerite-Francoise BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE

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Marguerite  married  Joseph BELANGER 13 August 1839 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BELANGER  was born 8 July 1809 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Joseph died 22 April 1895 in Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada.  Joseph was the child of Eloi BELANGER and Isabelle COMEAU.

Marguerite DUBOIS died 31 December 1901 in Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, 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 Marguerite DUBOIS

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Marguerite DUBOIS married flag male ancestor Joseph BELANGER-- Date: 13 August 1839 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Joseph BELANGER was the child of Eloi BELANGER and Isabelle COMEAU




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Children of Joseph BELANGER and Marguerite DUBOIS:

flag female ancestor Emerence BELANGER (b.28 July 1841, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East   d. 1 October 1924, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada)
m. Leandre MAILHOT 11 August 1863



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birth1820 Birth
22 August 1820
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1839 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DUBOIS and Joseph BELANGER 13 August 1839, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 18 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1841 Birth of Child
Emerence BELANGER was born 28 July 1841, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marguerite was 20 years old.
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.
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
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
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.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1895 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph BELANGER died 22 April 1895, Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1901 Death
31 December 1901
Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada

She died at the age of 81.
Added: 5/16/2024 4:34:47 PM - Updated: 5/16/2024 4:36:24 PM

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