flag female ancestor  Marie-Emilie  DORVAL

  (b. 2 August 1810 L'Assomption, Lower Canada   d. 10 June 1888 Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, Joliette, Quebec, Canada )  

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Marie-Emilie DORVAL was born 2 August 1810 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Marie-Emilie DORVAL was the child of ?   and   ?

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Marie-Emilie  married  Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR 16 October 1827 in Joliette, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR  was born 15 March 1806 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage).  Jean-Baptiste died 12 December 1886 in Ste-Émélie de l'Énergie, Joliette, Québec, Canada. 

Marie-Emilie DORVAL died 10 June 1888 in Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, Joliette, Quebec, 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 Marie-Emilie DORVAL

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Marie-Emilie DORVAL married flag male ancestor Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR-- Date: 16 October 1827 Place: Joliette, Lower Canada


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Children of Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR and Marie-Emilie DORVAL:

flag male ancestor Joseph ARBOUR (b.14 September 1841, Joliette, Canada East   d. 6 November 1940, Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, Matawinie, Québec, Canada)
m. Georgine ROBERT dite CHARTIER 15 January 1866



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birth1810 Birth
2 August 1810
L'Assomption, 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
marriage1827 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Emilie DORVAL and Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR 16 October 1827, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

She was 17 years old.
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
1841 Birth of Child
Joseph ARBOUR was born 14 September 1841, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Marie-Emilie was 31 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
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)
1886 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR died 12 December 1886, Ste-Émélie de l'Énergie, Joliette, Québec, Canada
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
death1888 Death
10 June 1888
Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, Joliette, Quebec, Canada

She died at the age of 77.
Added: 10/30/2025 12:53:26 PM - Updated: 10/30/2025 12:54:04 PM

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