Edwidge DORVAL

(b. 28 May 1829 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 18 March 1886 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Edwidge DORVAL was born 28 May 1829 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Edwidge DORVAL was the child of Jean-Baptiste DORVAL and Françoise DUTREMBLE dite DESROSIERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DORVAL and Marie-Louise COMEAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DUTREMBLE dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Geneviève HUS MILET (MILLET)

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Edwidge married Charles DUFAULT 14 October 1861 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East . Charles DUFAULT was born 30 April 1821 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Charles was the child of Paul DUFAULT and Marie-Marthe PAYANT dite ST-ONGE.

Edwidge DORVAL died 18 March 1886 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, 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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Charles DUFAULT-- Date: 14 October 1861 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Charles DUFAULT was the child of Paul DUFAULT and Marie-Marthe PAYANT dite ST-ONGE

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1829 Birth
28 May 1829
Sorel, Lower Canada

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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.

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

1861 Marriage / Partner
Edwidge DORVAL and Charles DUFAULT 14 October 1861, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

She was 32 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.