Jean Baptiste POYER

Born

8 June 1819 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

26 October 1892 , New Britain, Connecticut, USA

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Jean-Baptiste POYER dit LAPINTADE Marie-Charlotte CHOQUET dite CHAMPAGNE

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Born: 8 June 1819 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste POYER dit LAPINTADE

Mother: Marie-Charlotte CHOQUET dite CHAMPAGNE

Paternal grandparents: Clement-Amable POYER dit LAPINTADE , Reine DAME

Maternal grandparents: François CHOQUET dit CHAMPAGNE , Marie-Charlotte LALOUETTE dite LEBEAU

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Jean Baptiste married Flavie CHARBONNEAU abt. 1837 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Flavie CHARBONNEAU was born 15 August 1818 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Flavie died 20 May 1886 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA. Flavie was the child of Charles CHARBONNEAU and Archange HALL.

Jean Baptiste POYER died 26 October 1892 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA.

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Jean Baptiste POYER married

Flavie CHARBONNEAU
Marriage date: abt. 1837
Marriage place: Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Flavie CHARBONNEAU was the child of Charles CHARBONNEAU and Archange HALL

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Marie Celina POYER

Born: 11 September 1841, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1912, Meriden, Connecticut, USA

Married: Louis Cleophas AUDET dit LAPOINTE 18 July 1864 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

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Birth — 1819
8 June 1819
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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)

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

1841 Birth of Child
Marie Celina POYER was born 11 September 1841, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jean Baptiste was 22 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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Marie Celina POYER married 18 July 1864, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Louis Cleophas AUDET dit LAPOINTE

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)