Elie JOLY

(b. 11 March 1816 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 17 July 1877 , Tiny Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada )

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Elie JOLY was born 11 March 1816 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Elie JOLY was the child of Jean-Baptiste JOLY and Marie-Josephte MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC and Angélique GOULET (maternal) Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Rosalie CHOUINARD

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

Elie married Lucille "Lucy" MAILLE 15 April 1843 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lucille "Lucy" MAILLE was born 28 March 1823 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Lucille "Lucy" died 8 August 1892 in Penetanguishene, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Lucille "Lucy" was the child of Jacques-Louis MAILLET (MAILLE) and Josephte LAMY dite DEFOND.

Elie JOLY died 17 July 1877 in Tiny Township, Simcoe, Ontario, 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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Elie JOLY married

Lucille "Lucy" MAILLE-- Date: 15 April 1843 Place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East
Lucille "Lucy" MAILLE was the child of Jacques-Louis MAILLET (MAILLE) and Josephte LAMY dite DEFOND

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Children of Elie JOLY and Lucille "Lucy" MAILLE:

Josephine JOLY (b.4 June 1858, Joliette, Canada East d. 30 July 1938, Penetanguishene, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada)
m. Joseph DUPUIS 6 February 1876

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1816 Birth
11 March 1816
Sainte-Élisabeth, 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)

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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Elie JOLY and Lucille "Lucy" MAILLE 15 April 1843, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 27 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Josephine JOLY was born 4 June 1858, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Elie was 42 years old.

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.