Joseph VINCENT

Born

6 September 1808 , Québec, Lower Canada

Died

11 August 1887 , Tingwick, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste VINCENT Marie CHAMBERLAND

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Born: 6 September 1808 in Québec, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste VINCENT

Mother: Marie CHAMBERLAND

Paternal grandparents: Pierre VINCENT , Marie Madeleine BABIN

Maternal grandparents: Joseph CHAMBERLAND , Elisabeth DUMAS

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Joseph married Jane Ann Jeanne KNAPP abt. 1825 in Plattsburgh, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Jane Ann Jeanne KNAPP was born abt. 1807 Jane Ann Jeanne died 18 May 1880 in Tingwick, Québec, Canada (Saint Patrick's Hill).

Joseph VINCENT died 11 August 1887 in Tingwick, Québec, Canada .
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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.
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Jane Ann Jeanne KNAPP
Marriage date: abt. 1825
Marriage place: Plattsburgh, New York, USA

Children of Joseph VINCENT and Jane Ann Jeanne KNAPP

Marguerite VINCENT

Born: November 1828, Plattsburgh, New York, USA
Died: 7 August 1913, Rochester, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Michel PLOURDE 26 November 1844 Place: Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey)

Marie-Adeline VINCENT

Born: 7 February 1832, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 14 December 1832, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Delphine VINCENT

Born: 8 December 1833, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 8 February 1922, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

Joseph-F VINCENT

Born: 2 August 1841, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East
Died: 17 September 1910, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Parmelie VINCENT

Born: 23 March 1844, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East
Died: ,

Anna-Belle VINCENT

Born: 8 September 1846, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East
Died: 17 October 1936, Asbestos, Québec, Canada

Henri VINCENT

Born: 9 November 1851, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East
Died: abt. 1936, Asbestos, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1808
6 September 1808
Québec, 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)

1828 Birth of Child
Marguerite VINCENT was born November 1828, Plattsburgh, New York, USA

Joseph was 20 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Marie-Adeline VINCENT was born 7 February 1832, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Joseph was 23 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Delphine VINCENT was born 8 December 1833, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Joseph was 25 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

1841 Birth of Child
Joseph-F VINCENT was born 2 August 1841, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey)

Joseph was 32 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Parmelie VINCENT was born 23 March 1844, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey)

Joseph was 35 years old.

1844 Marriage of Child
Marguerite VINCENT married 26 November 1844, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey) to Michel PLOURDE

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Anna-Belle VINCENT was born 8 September 1846, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey)

Joseph was 38 years old.

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

1851 Birth of Child
Henri VINCENT was born 9 November 1851, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey)

Joseph was 43 years old.

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.