Modeste
DUFAULT
(b.
15 February 1808
,
Sorel, Lower Canada
d.
11 April 1895
,
Danville, Richmond, Québec, Canada
)
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Modeste DUFAULT was born 15 February 1808 in Sorel, Lower Canada
Modeste DUFAULT was the child of Pierre DUFAULT and Elisabeth ST-MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DUFAULT dit RACLOS and Marie-Josephe RAJOTTE (maternal) Antoine ST-MARTIN and Elisabeth LAVALLÉESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Modeste married Louis CARTIER 26 February 1827 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Louis CARTIER was born 24 December 1798 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Louis was the child of Louis CARTIER dit LAFRANCE and Ursule FALARDEAU.
Modeste DUFAULT died 11 April 1895 in Danville, Richmond, Québec, Canada.
m. Louis Cartier, 26 February 1827
Sorel, St-Pierre, Richelieu, Québec
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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 Modeste DUFAULT
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Louis CARTIER-- Date: 26 February 1827 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Louis CARTIER was the child of Louis CARTIER dit LAFRANCE and Ursule FALARDEAU
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Children of Louis CARTIER and Modeste DUFAULT:
Louis CARTIER-- Date: 26 February 1827 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada Louis CARTIER was the child of Louis CARTIER dit LAFRANCE and Ursule FALARDEAU
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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1808 Birth 15 February 1808
Sorel, Lower Canada
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
1827 Marriage / PartnerModeste DUFAULT and Louis CARTIER 26 February 1827, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
She was 19 years old.
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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.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 Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1895 Death 11 April 1895
Danville, Richmond, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 87.
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