flag female ancestor  Modeste  DUHAMEL

  (b. 21 August 1789 Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 16 November 1858 Saint-Ours, Canada East )  

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Modeste DUHAMEL was born 21 August 1789 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Modeste DUHAMEL was the child of Louis DUHAMEL   and   Modeste GIROUARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre DUHAMEL and Marie-Marguerite DUPRÉ (maternal)  Pierre GIROUARD and Theotiste DUPUIS

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Modeste  married  Jean-Victor CHAPDELAINE 2 October 1809 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Victor CHAPDELAINE  was born 5 September 1789 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception).  Jean-Victor died 7 January 1860 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception).  Jean-Victor was the child of Jean-Victor CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Charlotte BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN.

Modeste DUHAMEL died 16 November 1858 in Saint-Ours, Canada East .
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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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Modeste DUHAMEL married flag male ancestor Jean-Victor CHAPDELAINE-- Date: 2 October 1809 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Jean-Victor CHAPDELAINE was the child of Jean-Victor CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Charlotte BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN




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birth1789 Birth
21 August 1789
Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1809 Marriage / Partner
Modeste DUHAMEL and Jean-Victor CHAPDELAINE 2 October 1809, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 20 years old.
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
1822 Birth of Child
Sophie CHAPDELAINE was born 11 January 1822, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Modeste was 32 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1841 Marriage of Child
Sophie CHAPDELAINE married 2 February 1841, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Octave ARSENAULT
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)
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.
death1858 Death
16 November 1858
Saint-Ours, Canada East

She died at the age of 69.
Added: 6/1/2025 7:01:55 PM - Updated: 6/1/2025 7:02:54 PM

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