Marie Angélique BENOIT

Born

1 July 1803 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Died

6 December 1886 , Franklin, Vermont, USA

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Joseph BENOIT Angélique DUFRESNE

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Born: 1 July 1803 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph BENOIT

Mother: Angélique DUFRESNE

Paternal grandparents: François BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS , Thérèse HAMEL

Maternal grandparents: Jacques-Michel DUFRESNE , Angélique-Geneviève BLANCHARD dite RENAUD

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

Marie Angélique married Toussaint-Joseph RICHARD 1 July 1834 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Toussaint-Joseph RICHARD was born 26 January 1815 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Toussaint-Joseph died abt. 1835 Toussaint-Joseph was the child of Joseph RICHARD and Marie-Desanges-Archange BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT).

Marie Angélique BENOIT died 6 December 1886 in Franklin, Vermont, USA .
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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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Marie Angélique BENOIT married

Toussaint-Joseph RICHARD
Marriage date: 1 July 1834
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Toussaint-Joseph RICHARD was the child of Joseph RICHARD and Marie-Desanges-Archange BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT)

Marriage notes:

"Joseph's son, Toussaint Joseph Richard was born 26 Jan 1815 in St. Denis sur Richelieu, Quebec and married Marie Angelique Benoit on 1Jul 1834 in St. Hyacinthe (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire), Quebec. I have not been able to find a death record for Toussaint, but have found Marie Angelique Benoit and their children; Joseph Toussaint, Cleophas (Edward), and Desire Barnabe (Jerry or Jeremiah)"

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Children of Toussaint-Joseph RICHARD and Marie Angélique BENOIT

Edward RICHARD

Born: 2 August 1833, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 10 June 1930, Enosburg, Vermont, USA

Joseph Toussaint RICHARD

Born: 14 August 1835, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 10 April 1920, Barre, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Adeline (BOIVIN) DRINKWINE 1860

Desire Barnabe "Jeremiah" RICHARD

Born: 13 June 1840, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 5 January 1917, Waterford, Saratoga, New York, USA

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Birth — 1803
1 July 1803
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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

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)

1833 Birth of Child
Edward RICHARD was born 2 August 1833, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Marie Angélique was 30 years old.

1834 Marriage / Partner
Marie Angélique BENOIT and Toussaint-Joseph RICHARD 1 July 1834, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

She was 31 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Joseph Toussaint RICHARD was born 14 August 1835, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Marie Angélique was 32 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 Birth of Child
Desire Barnabe "Jeremiah" RICHARD was born 13 June 1840, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Marie Angélique was 36 years old.

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)