Jean-Baptiste DODIER

Born

12 February 1799 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Died

26 July 1884 , Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus, East Broughton, Quebec, Canada

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Etienne DODIER Marie-Josephe MATHIEU

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Born: 12 February 1799 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne DODIER

Mother: Marie-Josephe MATHIEU

Paternal grandparents: Louis DODIER , Marie-Reine GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: Pierre MATHIEU , Marie-Josephte BOUCHER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Helene NADEAU 27 February 1821 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Helene NADEAU was born 19 December 1800 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marie-Helene was the child of Etienne NADEAU and Marguerite LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE.

Jean-Baptiste DODIER died 26 July 1884 in Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus, East Broughton, Quebec, Canada.
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Jean-Baptiste DODIER married

Marie-Helene NADEAU
Marriage date: 27 February 1821
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Marie-Helene NADEAU was the child of Etienne NADEAU and Marguerite LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE

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Jean-Baptiste DODIER

Born: 2 September 1822, Beauceville, Lower Canada
Died: 27 February 1912, East-Broughton, Beauce, Québec, Canada

Married: Christine DUGRENIER dite PERRON

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Birth — 1799
12 February 1799
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

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

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DODIER and Marie-Helene NADEAU 27 February 1821, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DODIER was born 2 September 1822, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

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)

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)

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.