Guillaume BOILY

Born

16 January 1792 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

24 July 1869 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste BOILY Amable COTE

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Guillaume BOILY was born 16 January 1792 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Guillaume BOILY was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOILY and Amable COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume BOILY and Louise GAGNÉ (maternal) Thomas COTE and Geneviève GAGNON

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Guillaume married Marie-Anne MCNICOLL 1 February 1820 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne MCNICOLL was born 7 October 1800 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie-Anne died 19 July 1864 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Marie-Anne was the child of Alexandre MCNICOLL and Charlotte CORNEAU.

Guillaume BOILY died 24 July 1869 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Guillaume BOILY married

Marie-Anne MCNICOLL-- Date: 1 February 1820 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne MCNICOLL was the child of Alexandre MCNICOLL and Charlotte CORNEAU

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Children of Guillaume BOILY and Marie-Anne MCNICOLL

Modeste BOILY (b.abt. 1824, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Pepin LAVOIE 15 August 1843 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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1792 Birth
16 January 1792
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume BOILY and Marie-Anne MCNICOLL 1 February 1820, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 28 years old.

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 of Child
Modeste BOILY married 15 August 1843, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Pepin LAVOIE

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)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne MCNICOLL died 19 July 1864, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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.