Justinien DUFOUR

(b. abt. 1819 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 May 1873 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada )

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Justinien DUFOUR was born abt. 1819 in Québec Province, Canada

Justinien DUFOUR was the child of Adolphe DUFOUR and Madeleine LAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Bonaventure DUFOUR and Madeleine TREMBLAY

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Justinien married Marcelline TREMBLAY 23 October 1838 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marcelline TREMBLAY was born 17 June 1814 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marcelline died 29 September 1875 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marcelline was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Agnes-Adelaide BLUTEAU.

Justinien DUFOUR died 24 May 1873 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, 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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Justinien DUFOUR married

Marcelline TREMBLAY-- Date: 23 October 1838 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada
Marcelline TREMBLAY was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Agnes-Adelaide BLUTEAU

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Children of Justinien DUFOUR and Marcelline TREMBLAY:

Madeleine DUFOUR (b.14 July 1841, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East d. 4 July 1881, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada )
m. Theophile TREMBLAY 13 February 1877 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

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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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Justinien DUFOUR and Marcelline TREMBLAY 23 October 1838, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

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

1841 Birth of Child
Madeleine DUFOUR was born 14 July 1841, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

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

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.