Jean-Chrysostome GERMAIN

Born

6 September 1804 , Donnacona, Lower Canada

Died

3 November 1884 , St-Didace de Maskinongé, Québec, Canada

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Pierre-Etienne GERMAIN Marie-Anne GODIN

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Born: 6 September 1804 in Donnacona, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre-Etienne GERMAIN

Mother: Marie-Anne GODIN

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Etienne GERMAIN , Marie-Angelique LANGLOIS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GODIN , Marie-Anne TOUPIN

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

Jean-Chrysostome married Josephte RAINVILLE 16 August 1825 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte RAINVILLE was born 1 September 1804 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Josephte died 21 May 1870 in St-Didace de Maskinongé. Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Emmanuel RAINVILLE and Marie-Charlotte BRÛLÉ.

Jean-Chrysostome GERMAIN died 3 November 1884 in St-Didace de Maskinongé, Québec, Canada.

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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur, menuisier

The menuisier, or joiner, was an artisan who built things by joining pieces of wood, particularly lighter and more ornamental work than that done by a carpenter. He was primarily responsible for the manufacture of small works, as opposed to large works. The joiner made small wooden works, furniture and other objects intended for domestic use (doors, tables, cabinets, etc.). His main tools were the plane, the galley, the grooving/plow plane, the handsaw and the mallet.
Source: tfcq.ca

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Spouse & Children of Jean-Chrysostome GERMAIN

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Jean-Chrysostome GERMAIN married

Josephte RAINVILLE
Marriage date: 16 August 1825
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Josephte RAINVILLE was the child of Emmanuel RAINVILLE and Marie-Charlotte BRÛLÉ

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Children of Jean-Chrysostome GERMAIN and Josephte RAINVILLE

Rosalie GERMAIN

Born: 23 February 1835, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Died: 11 November 1903, St-Charles-de-Madeville, Canada

Married: Leandre BERGERON 7 February 1855

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Birth — 1804
6 September 1804
Donnacona, 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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Chrysostome GERMAIN and Josephte RAINVILLE 16 August 1825, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Rosalie GERMAIN was born 23 February 1835, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Jean-Chrysostome was 30 years old.

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

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.