François-Benjamin CODERE

Born

5 March 1801 , Québec, Lower Canada

Died

23 April 1890 , Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada

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Andre-Rufin CODERE dit LACAILLADE Gertrude-Benoite LEMONDE

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Born: 5 March 1801 in Québec, Lower Canada

Father: Andre-Rufin CODERE dit LACAILLADE

Mother: Gertrude-Benoite LEMONDE

Paternal grandparents: Alexandre CODERE dit LACAILLADE , Marguerite-Marie LEDOUX

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LEMONDE , Angelique LACOSTE dite LANGUEDOC

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François-Benjamin married Angelique-Marie MAILLÉ (MAILLET) 3 August 1824 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique-Marie MAILLÉ (MAILLET) was born 20 March 1801 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Angelique-Marie died 21 March 1842 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Angelique-Marie was the child of Prudent MAILLET and Euphronsine GUYON dite LEMOINE.

François-Benjamin CODERE died 23 April 1890 in Roxton Falls, 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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François-Benjamin CODERE married

Angelique-Marie MAILLÉ (MAILLET)
Marriage date: 3 August 1824
Marriage place: Beloeil, Lower Canada
Angelique-Marie MAILLÉ (MAILLET) was the child of Prudent MAILLET and Euphronsine GUYON dite LEMOINE

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Children of François-Benjamin CODERE and Angelique-Marie MAILLÉ (MAILLET)

Emmanuel CODERE

Born: abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 21 December 1885, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada

Married: Odile PHANEUF 25 July 1853 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1801
5 March 1801
Québec, Lower Canada

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

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

1824 Marriage / Partner
François-Benjamin CODERE and Angelique-Marie MAILLÉ (MAILLET) 3 August 1824, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

He was 23 years old.

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

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

1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angelique-Marie MAILLÉ (MAILLET) died 21 March 1842, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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.

1853 Marriage of Child
Emmanuel CODERE married 25 July 1853, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Odile PHANEUF

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

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.