John DONOVAN

(b. 25 February 1836 , Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Lower Canada d. 18 June 1883 , Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Québec, Canada )

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John DONOVAN was born 25 February 1836 in Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Lower Canada

John DONOVAN was the child of John DONOVAN and Mary O'NEIL

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

John married Mary BARRY 21 April 1863 in Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary BARRY was born 27 August 1840 in Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Québec, Canada. Mary died 11 August 1868 in Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Québec, Canada. Mary was the child of James BARRY and Margaret WHITE.

John DONOVAN died 18 June 1883 in Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, 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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John DONOVAN married

Mary BARRY-- Date: 21 April 1863 Place: Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Québec, Canada
Mary BARRY was the child of James BARRY and Margaret WHITE

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Children of John DONOVAN and Mary BARRY:

Margaret Ann DONOVAN (b.25 February 1864, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada d. 25 July 1945, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada)
m. Jeremiah John MULRONEY 6 April 1881

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1836 Birth
25 February 1836
Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Lower Canada

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.

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

1863 Marriage / Partner
John DONOVAN and Mary BARRY 21 April 1863, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Margaret Ann DONOVAN was born 25 February 1864, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada

John was 28 years old.

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.