flag male ancestor  Pierre-Chrysologue  DUROCHER

  (b. 7 March 1814 Contrecœur, Lower Canada   d. 2 October 1880 Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada )  

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Pierre-Chrysologue DUROCHER was born 7 March 1814 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Pierre-Chrysologue DUROCHER was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUROCHER   and   Desanges-Archange BOURGEOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis DUROCHER and Marie-Élizabeth VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS (maternal)  Pierre BOURGEOIS and Archange-Desanges LITTLEFIELD

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Pierre-Chrysologue  married  Eleonore SENEZ 29 September 1840 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eleonore SENEZ  was born abt. 1815 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Eleonore was the child of Joseph SENEZ and Scholastique GAUDREAU.

Pierre-Chrysologue DUROCHER died 2 October 1880 in Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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Pierre-Chrysologue DUROCHER married flag female ancestor Eleonore SENEZ-- Date: 29 September 1840 Place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Eleonore SENEZ was the child of Joseph SENEZ and Scholastique GAUDREAU




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birth1814 Birth
7 March 1814
Contrecœur, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1840 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Chrysologue DUROCHER and Eleonore SENEZ 29 September 1840, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1843 Birth of Child
Celina DUROCHER was born 4 September 1843, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Chrysologue was 29 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1875 Death of Child
Celina DUROCHER died 5 January 1875, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada (Milton)

Pierre-Chrysologue was 60 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1880 Death
2 October 1880
Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 66.
Added: 10/30/2024 10:54:44 AM - Updated: 10/30/2024 11:21:00 AM

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