Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM

(b. 9 April 1820 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 21 October 1907 , Hull, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM was born 9 April 1820 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM was the child of Michel CUNNINGHAM and Marie-Josephte SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Christophe CUNNINGHAM and Ursule LAVOIE (maternal) Salomon SIMARD and Marie GAMACHE

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

Marie-Felicite married Leon BELANGER 11 May 1847 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Leon BELANGER was born 9 December 1816 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Leon died 12 April 1894 in Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)* . Leon was the child of Bonaventure BELANGER and Anne PERRON.

Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM died 21 October 1907 in Hull, 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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Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM married

Leon BELANGER-- Date: 11 May 1847 Place: La Baie, Canada East
Leon BELANGER was the child of Bonaventure BELANGER and Anne PERRON

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Children of Leon BELANGER and Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM:

Marianne-Amedee BELANGER (b.22 September 1850, La Baie, Canada East d. , )
m. Thomas TREMBLAY 22 October 1867 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1820 Birth
9 April 1820
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM and Leon BELANGER 11 May 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

She was 27 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Marianne-Amedee BELANGER was born 22 September 1850, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Marie-Felicite was 30 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1867 Marriage of Child
Marianne-Amedee BELANGER married 22 October 1867, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Thomas TREMBLAY

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Leon BELANGER died 12 April 1894, Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)*

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 Death
21 October 1907
Hull, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 87.

Added: 1/25/2025 4:46:51 PM - Updated: 11/22/2025 5:30:58 PM