Louis DUGUAY

(b. 26 October 1795 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. 24 January 1871 , Montréal, Québec, Canada )

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Louis DUGUAY was born 26 October 1795 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Louis DUGUAY was the child of Pierre-Francois DUGUAY and Marie-Louise DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Pierre DUGUAY and Marie-Anne PINARD dite LAUZIÈRE (maternal) Joseph-Marie DUBOIS dit BRISEBOIS and Catherine-Therese RENOUX

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

Louis married Josephe CÔTÉ 18 February 1822 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephe CÔTÉ was born 30 January 1804 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Josephe died 10 November 1876 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Josephe was the child of Louis CÔTÉ and Josephte ALLARD.

Louis DUGUAY died 24 January 1871 in Montréal, 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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Family and Children of Louis DUGUAY

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Louis DUGUAY married

Josephe CÔTÉ-- Date: 18 February 1822 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Josephe CÔTÉ was the child of Louis CÔTÉ and Josephte ALLARD

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Children of Louis DUGUAY and Josephe CÔTÉ:

Louis DUGUAY (b.11 August 1834, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. 16 May 1866, Québec, Canada East )
m. Eloise (Héloise) CAYA 7 January 1855 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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1795 Birth
26 October 1795
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Marriage / Partner
Louis DUGUAY and Josephe CÔTÉ 18 February 1822, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Louis DUGUAY was born 11 August 1834, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Louis was 38 years old.

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)

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Louis DUGUAY married 7 January 1855, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA to Eloise (Héloise) CAYA

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Death of Child
Louis DUGUAY died 16 May 1866, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louis was 70 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.