Emelie LEMAIRE

(b. 28 November 1827 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. 30 September 1883 , Sacré-Coeur Stanstead, Québec, Canada )

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Emelie LEMAIRE was born 28 November 1827 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Emelie LEMAIRE was the child of ? and ?

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Emelie married Francois-Xavier DAVIAU 3 February 1845 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois-Xavier DAVIAU was born 21 August 1824 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Francois-Xavier died 12 January 1909 in Sacré-Coeur Stanstead, Stanstead, Québec, Canada.

Emelie LEMAIRE died 30 September 1883 in Sacré-Coeur Stanstead, 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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Emelie LEMAIRE married

Francois-Xavier DAVIAU-- Date: 3 February 1845 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

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Children of Francois-Xavier DAVIAU and Emelie LEMAIRE:

William DAVIAU (DAVIO) (b.15 August 1862, Derby, Vermont, USA d. 24 June 1940, Newport, Vermont, USA )
m. Lucie Ann WOOD (DUBOIS) 5 May 1884

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1827 Birth
28 November 1827
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Emelie LEMAIRE and Francois-Xavier DAVIAU 3 February 1845, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

She was 17 years old.

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

1862 Birth of Child
William DAVIAU (DAVIO) was born 15 August 1862, Derby, Vermont, USA (Derby Line) (Beebe Plain)

Emelie was 34 years old.

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.