flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  DUFAULT

  (b. 19 October 1814 Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 21 April 1896 Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste DUFAULT was born 19 October 1814 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste 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 LAVALLÉE

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Marguerite RAJOTTE 8 September 1835 in Sorel, Lower Canada .  Marguerite RAJOTTE  was born 13 January 1813 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Marguerite was the child of Joseph-Louis RAJOTTE and Catherine ALLARD.

Jean-Baptiste DUFAULT died 21 April 1896 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.





m. Marguerite Rajotte
8 September 1835
St-Pierre-de-Sorel


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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.

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Jean-Baptiste DUFAULT married flag female ancestor Marguerite RAJOTTE-- Date: 8 September 1835 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marguerite RAJOTTE was the child of Joseph-Louis RAJOTTE and Catherine ALLARD




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birth1814 Birth
19 October 1814
Sorel, 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
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1835 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DUFAULT and Marguerite RAJOTTE 8 September 1835, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 20 years old.
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
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)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1896 Death
21 April 1896
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 81.
Added: 7/13/2015 8:34:18 PM - Updated: 3/22/2021 10:15:23 AM

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