Abel-Jean
DUFOUR
(b.
20 October 1826
,
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
d.
18 June 1875
,
Québec, Québec, Canada
)
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Abel-Jean DUFOUR was born 20 October 1826 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Abel-Jean DUFOUR was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Abel-Jean married Louise JEAN 18 February 1862 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise JEAN was born 12 September 1835 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements).
Abel-Jean DUFOUR died 18 June 1875 in Québec, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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 Abel-Jean DUFOUR
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Louise JEAN-- Date: 18 February 1862 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Abel-Jean DUFOUR and Louise JEAN:
Marie DUFOUR (b.1 March 1859, Montréal, Canada East d. 23 August 1896, Louiseville, Québec, Canada )
m. Napoleon CROTEAU 4 December 1879
Louise JEAN-- Date: 18 February 1862 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Abel-Jean DUFOUR and Louise JEAN:
Marie DUFOUR (b.1 March 1859, Montréal, Canada East d. 23 August 1896, Louiseville, Québec, Canada )m. Napoleon CROTEAU 4 December 1879
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1826 Birth 20 October 1826
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1859 Birth of ChildMarie DUFOUR was born 1 March 1859, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Abel-Jean was 32 years old.
1862 Marriage / PartnerAbel-Jean DUFOUR and Louise JEAN 18 February 1862, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
He was 35 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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1875 Death 18 June 1875
Québec, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 48.
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