Bonaventure DUFOUR

(b. abt. 1713 , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 April 1783 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Bonaventure DUFOUR was born abt. 1713 in Québec Province, Canada

Bonaventure DUFOUR was the child of Gabriel-Robert DUFOUR and Louise GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (maternal) Ignace GAGNÉ and Barbe DODIER

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

Bonaventure married Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY 8 November 1734 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY was born 4 March 1715 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Elisabeth died 15 May 1799 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Françoise MOREL.

Bonaventure DUFOUR died 14 April 1783 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of 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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Bonaventure DUFOUR married

Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY-- Date: 8 November 1734 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Françoise MOREL

Children of Bonaventure DUFOUR and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY:

Marie-Reine DUFOUR (b.abt. 1734, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 October 1812, Isle-aux-Grues, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre LAVOIE 17 November 1756 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Augustin-Roch DUFOUR (b.11 November 1737, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 13 June 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Thérèse-Suzanne TREMBLAY 9 November 1772 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Marie-Françoise DUFOUR (b.27 December 1739, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 12 June 1815, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )
m. Louis BOUCHARD 14 November 1757 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jean-Baptiste DUFOUR (b.15 November 1742, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 1 June 1810, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve BOUCHARD 17 November 1768 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph DUFOUR (b.7 October 1744, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 15 December 1829, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY 2 September 1771 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Constance-Colombe DUFOUR (b.30 December 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 18 December 1776, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 17 November 1768 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Zacharie DUFOUR (b.23 March 1750, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1833, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Marie Anne THERIAULT 8 January 1781 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Josephe DUFOUR (b.28 May 1757, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 24 November 1833, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Elie MAILLOUX 9 November 1777 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1734 Marriage / Partner
Bonaventure DUFOUR and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY 8 November 1734, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1737 Birth of Child
Augustin-Roch DUFOUR was born 11 November 1737, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1739 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise DUFOUR was born 27 December 1739, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1742 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUFOUR was born 15 November 1742, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1744 Birth of Child
Joseph DUFOUR was born 7 October 1744, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1746 Birth of Child
Constance-Colombe DUFOUR was born 30 December 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1750 Birth of Child
Zacharie DUFOUR was born 23 March 1750, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1756 Marriage of Child
Marie-Reine DUFOUR married 17 November 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Pierre LAVOIE

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe DUFOUR was born 28 May 1757, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1757 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise DUFOUR married 14 November 1757, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Louis BOUCHARD

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1768 Marriage of Child
Constance-Colombe DUFOUR married 17 November 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

1768 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUFOUR married 17 November 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Genevieve BOUCHARD

1771 Marriage of Child
Joseph DUFOUR married 2 September 1771, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY

1772 Marriage of Child
Augustin-Roch DUFOUR married 9 November 1772, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Marie-Thérèse-Suzanne TREMBLAY

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1776 Death of Child
Constance-Colombe DUFOUR died 18 December 1776, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1777 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe DUFOUR married 9 November 1777, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Elie MAILLOUX

1781 Marriage of Child
Zacharie DUFOUR married 8 January 1781, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie Anne THERIAULT

1783 Death
14 April 1783
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

Added: 9/19/2015 1:07:42 PM - Updated: 12/1/2023 1:01:50 PM