Jean BOIVIN

(b. 18 January 1788 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 April 1881 , La Baie, Québec, Canada )

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Jean BOIVIN was born 18 January 1788 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean BOIVIN was the child of François-Joseph BOIVIN and Charlotte-Emerence GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin BOIVIN and Apolline BONNEAU (maternal) Etienne GAGNON and Madeleine-Marguerite LAVOIE

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

Jean married Euphrosine GAGNON 21 November 1809 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Euphrosine GAGNON was born 14 February 1791 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Euphrosine died 14 January 1870 in St-Alphonse-de-Bagotville, Quebec, Canada. Euphrosine was the child of Joseph-Marie GAGNON and Geneviève GAGNÉ.

Jean BOIVIN died 3 April 1881 in La Baie, 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.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Jean BOIVIN

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Jean BOIVIN married

Euphrosine GAGNON-- Date: 21 November 1809 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Euphrosine GAGNON was the child of Joseph-Marie GAGNON and Geneviève GAGNÉ

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Children of Jean BOIVIN and Euphrosine GAGNON:

Macaire BOIVIN (b.19 December 1816, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 24 April 1893, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )
m. Suzanne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 14 October 1845 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Eleonore BOIVIN (b.17 October 1825, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Louis-David MCNICOLL 16 January 1849

Thomas BOIVIN (b.abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 April 1917, Bagotville, Quebec, Canada)
m. Georgina SIMARD 2 August 1853 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1788 Birth
18 January 1788
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Jean BOIVIN and Euphrosine GAGNON 21 November 1809, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 21 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Macaire BOIVIN was born 19 December 1816, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 28 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Eleonore BOIVIN was born 17 October 1825, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 37 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

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Macaire BOIVIN married 14 October 1845, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Suzanne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

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

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Thomas BOIVIN married 2 August 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Georgina SIMARD

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.