Guillaume BOILY

Born

16 January 1792 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

24 July 1869 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

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, Lower Canada . Marie-Anne died 19 July 1864 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East . Marie-Anne was the child of Alexandre MCNICOLL and Charlotte CORNEAU .

Parents & Family of Guillaume BOILY

Parents of Guillaume BOILY

Father

Jean-Baptiste BOILY

Mother

Amable COTE

Grandparents of Guillaume BOILY

Paternal grandparents

Guillaume BOILY Louise GAGNÉ

Maternal grandparents

Thomas COTE Geneviève GAGNON

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Guillaume BOILY

Guillaume BOILY married

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

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Guillaume BOILY and Marie-Anne MCNICOLL

Modeste BOILY

Born: abt. 1824, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pepin LAVOIE 15 August 1843 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1792
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, Canada East 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.