François Hilaire SURPRENANT

Born

abt. 1817 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

abt. 1903 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: abt. 1817 in Québec Province, Canada

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François Hilaire married Flavie LAFAILLE 24 July 1843 in L'Acadie, Canada East . Flavie LAFAILLE was born 7 July 1824 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Flavie was the child of Pierre Clement LAFAILLE and Marie-Archange TREMBLAY.

François Hilaire married (2) Marceline BESSETTE 7 January 1851 in Farnham, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marceline BESSETTE was born abt. 1830 in Québec Province, Canada. Marceline died abt. 1886 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . Marceline was the child of Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE and Emilie BOUCHER.

François Hilaire SURPRENANT died abt. 1903 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of François Hilaire SURPRENANT

François Hilaire SURPRENANT married

Flavie LAFAILLE
Marriage date: 24 July 1843
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Canada East
Flavie LAFAILLE was the child of Pierre Clement LAFAILLE and Marie-Archange TREMBLAY

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of François Hilaire SURPRENANT and Flavie LAFAILLE

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François Hilaire SURPRENANT married

Marceline BESSETTE
Marriage date: 7 January 1851
Marriage place: Farnham, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marceline BESSETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE and Emilie BOUCHER

Marriage notes:

Name: Francois Surprenant

Event Type: Mariage (Marriage)

Marriage Date: 1851

Marriage Place: Farnham, Québec, Canada

Marriage Church: Farnham

Place of Worship or Institution: Methodist Church

Spouse:

Marcelline Besset

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of François Hilaire SURPRENANT and Marceline BESSETTE

Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT

Born: 8 July 1855, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East
Died: 10 May 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Joseph ANGER 20 October 1877 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
François Hilaire SURPRENANT and Flavie LAFAILLE 24 July 1843, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
François Hilaire SURPRENANT and Marceline BESSETTE 7 January 1851, Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham)

François Hilaire SURPRENANT - 1851 marriage

1851 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1855 Birth of Child
Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT was born 8 July 1855, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

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 Marriage of Child
Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT married 20 October 1877, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA to Joseph ANGER

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)

1881 Death of Child
Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT died 10 May 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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

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

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)