flag female ancestor  Mathilde  VIAU

  (b. 1 December 1824 Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada   d. 5 February 1900 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec, Canada )  

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Mathilde VIAU was born 1 December 1824 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada

Mathilde VIAU was the child of Augustin VIAU   and   Marguerite CARDINAL and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste VIAU and Marguerite HUNAULT (maternal)  Francois CARDINAL and Therese LEGAULT

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Mathilde  married  Pierre GOYER 27 February 1843 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre GOYER  was born 17 June 1816 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada.  Pierre died 26 January 1904 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec, Canada (Valleyfield) (Sainte-Cécile).  Pierre was the child of Pierre GOYER and Marie-Josephte LEGAULT.

Mathilde VIAU died 5 February 1900 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, 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.

Family and Children of Mathilde VIAU

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Mathilde VIAU married flag male ancestor Pierre GOYER-- Date: 27 February 1843 Place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Canada East
Pierre GOYER was the child of Pierre GOYER and Marie-Josephte LEGAULT




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Children of Pierre GOYER and Mathilde VIAU:

flag female ancestor Philomene GOYER (b.29 October 1847, Saint-Martin, Laval, Canada East  d. 23 January 1927, Ste-Clotilde, Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada)
m. Daniel LEGAULT 19 July 1864



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birth1824 Birth
1 December 1824
Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
marriage1843 Marriage / Partner
Mathilde VIAU and Pierre GOYER 27 February 1843, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.
1847 Birth of Child
Philomene GOYER was born 29 October 1847, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

Mathilde was 22 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
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1900 Death
5 February 1900
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 75.
Added: 6/13/2025 8:48:25 AM - Updated: 6/13/2025 8:49:27 AM

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