Joseph DUFOUR

(b. 4 August 1815 , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 May 1895 , )

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Joseph DUFOUR was born 4 August 1815 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph DUFOUR was the child of Joseph DUFOUR and Genevieve CHOUINARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Germain DUFOUR and Genevieve GONTHIER (maternal) Jean-Marie CHOUINARD and Geneviève MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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

Joseph married Flavie BLACKBURN 2 February 1836 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Flavie BLACKBURN was born abt. 1815 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Flavie died 24 November 1894 Flavie was the child of Jean-François BLACKBURN and Emerance LABERGE.

Joseph DUFOUR died 18 May 1895
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Joseph DUFOUR

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Joseph DUFOUR married

Flavie BLACKBURN-- Date: 2 February 1836 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Flavie BLACKBURN was the child of Jean-François BLACKBURN and Emerance LABERGE

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Children of Joseph DUFOUR and Flavie BLACKBURN:

Philomene DUFOUR (b.abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Ferdinand TREMBLAY 13 July 1861

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1815 Birth
4 August 1815
Québec Province, Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1836 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUFOUR and Flavie BLACKBURN 2 February 1836, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 20 years old.

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

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

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.

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

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

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