Flavie DION

(b. 15 January 1824 , Rigaud, Lower Canada d. 28 April 1866 , St-André-Avellin, Papineau, Quebec, Canada )

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Flavie DION was born 15 January 1824 in Rigaud, Lower Canada

Flavie DION was the child of Arsene-Amable DION and Madeleine LEDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DION (GUYON) and Louise-Amable CHARLEBOIS (maternal) Amable LEDUC and Madeleine-Angelique CHOLETTE

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

Flavie married Benjamin SEGUIN 21 January 1840 in Rigaud, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Benjamin SEGUIN was born 20 September 1818 in Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud). Benjamin died 16 January 1893 in St-André-Avellin, Papineau, Quebec, Canada. Benjamin was the child of Francois SEGUIN and Marie-Ostie VILLENEUVE.

Flavie DION died 28 April 1866 in St-André-Avellin, Papineau, 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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Flavie DION married

Benjamin SEGUIN-- Date: 21 January 1840 Place: Rigaud, Lower Canada
Benjamin SEGUIN was the child of Francois SEGUIN and Marie-Ostie VILLENEUVE

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Children of Benjamin SEGUIN and Flavie DION:

Julie SEGUIN (b.8 May 1845, Rigaud, Canada East d. , )
m. Alexandre TREMBLAY 6 February 1864

Josephine SEGUIN (b.abt. 1850, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 30 May 1870

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1824 Birth
15 January 1824
Rigaud, Lower Canada

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

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Marriage / Partner
Flavie DION and Benjamin SEGUIN 21 January 1840, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

She was 16 years old.

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Julie SEGUIN was born 8 May 1845, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

Flavie was 21 years old.

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)