Esther LEFEBVRE

(b. 20 December 1834 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada d. 19 October 1910 , Montpelier, Quebec, Canada )

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Esther LEFEBVRE was born 20 December 1834 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Esther LEFEBVRE was the child of Pierre-Benonie LEFEBVRE dit LASISSERAIS and Julie TROTTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Benjamin LEFEBVRE and Judith JAMME dite CARRIERE (maternal) Joseph TROTTIER and Marie-Josephte DAOUST

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

Esther married Prosper DUCHARME 9 October 1854 in Montebello, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Prosper DUCHARME was born 17 February 1833 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Prosper died 3 February 1914 in Montpellier, Papineau, Quebec, Canada. Prosper was the child of Pierre DUCHARME dit TETREAULT and Judith-Angelique MAGUET (MAILLET).

Esther LEFEBVRE died 19 October 1910 in Montpelier, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Esther LEFEBVRE

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Esther LEFEBVRE married

Prosper DUCHARME-- Date: 9 October 1854 Place: Montebello, Canada East

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Prosper DUCHARME was the child of Pierre DUCHARME dit TETREAULT and Judith-Angelique MAGUET (MAILLET)

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Children of Prosper DUCHARME and Esther LEFEBVRE:

Emma DUCHARME (b.4 August 1855, Montebello, Canada East d. 3 September 1907, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
m. Thomas TREMBLAY 1875 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1834 Birth
20 December 1834
Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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

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.

1854 Marriage / Partner
Esther LEFEBVRE and Prosper DUCHARME 9 October 1854, Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 19 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Emma DUCHARME was born 4 August 1855, Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Esther was 20 years old.

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.

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.

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

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)

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 - 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)