Jovide BESSETTE

Born

9 August 1816 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

Died

1 March 1890 , Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

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Jerome BESSETTE Marie-Josette SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY

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Jovide BESSETTE was born 9 August 1816 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

Jovide BESSETTE was the child of Jerome BESSETTE and Marie-Josette SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE and Marie-Josette DUMAS (maternal) Joseph-Léon SURPRENANT and Marie-Josephte LABERGE

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Jovide married Laurent HEBERT 17 November 1835 in Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Laurent HEBERT was born 20 November 1814 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Laurent died 22 May 1860 in Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle). Laurent was the child of Charles HÉBERT and Marie-Louise-Ursule BREAULT (BRAULT).

Jovide BESSETTE died 1 March 1890 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada.
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Family and Children of Jovide BESSETTE

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Jovide BESSETTE married

Laurent HEBERT-- Date: 17 November 1835 Place: Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada
Laurent HEBERT was the child of Charles HÉBERT and Marie-Louise-Ursule BREAULT (BRAULT)

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Children of Laurent HEBERT and Jovide BESSETTE

Cesarie HEBERT (b.30 September 1836, Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada d. 18 January 1837, Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada )

Joseph HEBERT (b.7 August 1838, Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada d. 16 August 1838, Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada )

Joseph HEBERT (b.abt. 1840, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Lina HEBERT (b.25 February 1841, Saint-Rémi, Canada East d. , )

Marie HEBERT (b.7 December 1843, Saint-Rémi, Canada East d. , )

Cesaire HEBERT (b.17 May 1846, Saint-Rémi, Canada East d. 30 September 1868, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada )

Edesse HEBERT (b.18 March 1849, Saint-Rémi, Canada East d. 6 February 1852, Saint-Rémi, Canada East )

Narcisse HEBERT (b.7 April 1852, Saint-Rémi, Canada East d. , )

Thais HEBERT (b.10 September 1854, Saint-Rémi, Canada East d. , )

Simeon HEBERT (b.4 September 1857, Saint-Rémi, Canada East d. 9 September 1858, Saint-Rémi, Canada East )

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1816 Birth
9 August 1816
Saint-Constant, 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)

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Jovide BESSETTE and Laurent HEBERT 17 November 1835, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

She was 19 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Cesarie HEBERT was born 30 September 1836, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Jovide was 20 years old.

1837 Death of Child
Cesarie HEBERT died 18 January 1837, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Jovide was 20 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Joseph HEBERT was born 7 August 1838, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Jovide was 22 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Marie-Lina HEBERT was born 25 February 1841, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Jovide was 24 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Marie HEBERT was born 7 December 1843, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Jovide was 27 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Cesaire HEBERT was born 17 May 1846, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Jovide was 29 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Edesse HEBERT was born 18 March 1849, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Jovide was 32 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Death of Child
Edesse HEBERT died 6 February 1852, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Jovide was 35 years old.

1852 Birth of Child
Narcisse HEBERT was born 7 April 1852, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Jovide was 35 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Thais HEBERT was born 10 September 1854, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Jovide was 38 years old.

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

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Simeon HEBERT was born 4 September 1857, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Jovide was 41 years old.

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

1858 Death of Child
Simeon HEBERT died 9 September 1858, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Jovide was 42 years old.

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Laurent HEBERT died 22 May 1860, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

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.