Marcel DUMAIS

(b. 10 December 1796 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 25 March 1877 , St-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada )

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Marcel DUMAIS was born 10 December 1796 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Marcel DUMAIS was the child of Vincent-Cyrien DUMAIS and Marie-Modeste LANGLAIS dite SERIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ROSSIGNOL dit DUMAY (DUMAIS) and Marie-Catherine MICHAUD (maternal) Jean-François LANGLAIS and Marie-Josephe HUDON

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

Marcel married Marie-Angelique CAZES 26 February 1816 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angelique CAZES was born 15 December 1796 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Angelique died 26 March 1827 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Angelique was the child of Jean-Baptiste CAZES and Marie SASSEVILLE.

Marcel married (2) Charlotte GAGNON 14 February 1831 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte GAGNON was born 11 October 1810 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Charlotte was the child of André GAGNON and Charlotte BOUCHER.

Marcel DUMAIS died 25 March 1877 in St-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Quebec, 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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Marcel DUMAIS married

Marie-Angelique CAZES-- Date: 26 February 1816 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Marie-Angelique CAZES was the child of Jean-Baptiste CAZES and Marie SASSEVILLE

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Children of Marcel DUMAIS and Marie-Angelique CAZES:

Marcel DUMAIS (b.12 December 1816, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 1 November 1896, Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Melvine MARTIN 7 February 1842 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marcel DUMAIS married

Charlotte GAGNON-- Date: 14 February 1831 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Charlotte GAGNON was the child of André GAGNON and Charlotte BOUCHER

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Children of Marcel DUMAIS and Charlotte GAGNON:

Arthemise DUMAIS (b.29 December 1835, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 19 July 1915, Lewiston, Maine, USA)
m. Jean Ovide TREMBLAY 13 July 1863 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1796 Birth
10 December 1796
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Marcel DUMAIS and Marie-Angelique CAZES 26 February 1816, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 19 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Marcel DUMAIS was born 12 December 1816, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marcel was 20 years old.

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

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)

1827 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Angelique CAZES died 26 March 1827, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage / Partner
Marcel DUMAIS and Charlotte GAGNON 14 February 1831, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 34 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Arthemise DUMAIS was born 29 December 1835, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marcel was 39 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

1842 Marriage of Child
Marcel DUMAIS married 7 February 1842, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Marie-Melvine MARTIN

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.

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

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

1863 Marriage of Child
Arthemise DUMAIS married 13 July 1863, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Jean Ovide 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.