Adelaide DUFOUR

(b. 13 May 1839 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 11 February 1931 , St-Fidèle, Quebec, Canada )

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Adelaide DUFOUR was born 13 May 1839 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Adelaide DUFOUR was the child of Roger DUFOUR and Adelaide TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Timothee DUFOUR and Elisabeth SIMARD (maternal) Antoine TREMBLAY and Romaine TREMBLAY

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

Adelaide married Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY 3 May 1859 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY was born 12 December 1833 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Joseph-Ezechias died 12 April 1920 in St-Fidèle, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada. Joseph-Ezechias was the child of Jean-Noel TREMBLAY and Madeleine BOUCHARD.

Adelaide DUFOUR died 11 February 1931 in St-Fidèle, 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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Family and Children of Adelaide DUFOUR

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Adelaide DUFOUR married

Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY-- Date: 3 May 1859 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY was the child of Jean-Noel TREMBLAY and Madeleine BOUCHARD

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Children of Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY and Adelaide DUFOUR:

Amanda TREMBLAY (b.17 September 1865, La Malbaie, Canada East d. 15 December 1947, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

Marie TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1867, , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 March 1935, St-Paul-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada)

Ulysse TREMBLAY (b.8 April 1868, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada d. 18 March 1931, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

Virginie-Eugenie TREMBLAY (b.21 November 1873, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada d. 23 March 1965, Saint-Siméon, Québec, Canada )

Adjutor TREMBLAY (b.14 October 1883, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada d. 7 July 1956, Verdun, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

Lauretta TREMBLAY (b.August 1894, , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 October 1967, St-Simeon, Quebec, Canada)

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1839 Birth
13 May 1839
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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.

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

1859 Marriage / Partner
Adelaide DUFOUR and Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY 3 May 1859, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 19 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Amanda TREMBLAY was born 17 September 1865, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Adelaide was 26 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Ulysse TREMBLAY was born 8 April 1868, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Adelaide was 28 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1873 Birth of Child
Virginie-Eugenie TREMBLAY was born 21 November 1873, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Adelaide was 34 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1883 Birth of Child
Adjutor TREMBLAY was born 14 October 1883, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Adelaide was 44 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 Birth of Child
Lauretta TREMBLAY was born August 1894, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Adelaide was 55 years old.

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)