flag male ancestor  Pierre  DONALDSON

  (b. 30 August 1806 Québec, Lower Canada   d. 21 January 1890 Québec, Québec, Canada )  

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Pierre DONALDSON was born 30 August 1806 in Québec, Lower Canada

Pierre DONALDSON was the child of Pierre-Guillaume DONALDSON   and   Madeleine GAUVREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Daniel WILLIAMSON and Marguerite ROY dite AUDY (maternal)  Etienne-Francois GAUVREAU and Marguerite PARENT

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Pierre  married  Adele NERON 26 October 1847 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adele NERON  was born 30 July 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Adele died 15 October 1915 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).  Adele was the child of Joseph-Marie-Gabriel NERON and Marie-Julienne ALLARD.

Pierre DONALDSON died 21 January 1890 in Québec, 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.

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Pierre DONALDSON married flag female ancestor Adele NERON-- Date: 26 October 1847 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Adele NERON was the child of Joseph-Marie-Gabriel NERON and Marie-Julienne ALLARD




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birth1806 Birth
30 August 1806
Québec, 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
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)
marriage1847 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DONALDSON and Adele NERON 26 October 1847, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 41 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.
1863 Birth of Child
Celanire DONALDSON was born 5 May 1863, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 56 years old.
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)
marriage1886 Marriage of Child
Celanire DONALDSON married 25 August 1886, Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean) to Joseph-Arthur TREMBLAY
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
death1890 Death
21 January 1890
Québec, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 83.
Added: 6/14/2025 8:14:45 AM - Updated: 6/14/2025 8:19:13 AM

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