Benoni FONTAINE

Born

15 April 1804 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

7 January 1865 , Napierville, Canada East

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Louis FONTAINE Marie TREMBLAY

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Born: 15 April 1804 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Father: Louis FONTAINE

Mother: Marie TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: François FONTAINE , Marie-Anne AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Maternal grandparents: Étienne-Denis-François TREMBLAY , Marie-Josephe REMILLARD

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Benoni married Marie BRUNELLE 29 October 1827 in Napierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BRUNELLE was born 17 June 1808 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie).

Benoni FONTAINE died 7 January 1865 in Napierville, Canada East .
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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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Benoni FONTAINE married

Marie BRUNELLE
Marriage date: 29 October 1827
Marriage place: Napierville, Lower Canada

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Children of Benoni FONTAINE and Marie BRUNELLE

Emilie FONTAINE

Born: 16 August 1835, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: 24 January 1899, Napierville, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph LABONTE 27 February 1854 Place: Napierville, Canada East

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Birth — 1804
15 April 1804
L'Acadie, 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 Marriage / Partner
Benoni FONTAINE and Marie BRUNELLE 29 October 1827, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

He was 23 years old.

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

1835 Birth of Child
Emilie FONTAINE was born 16 August 1835, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Benoni was 31 years old.

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Emilie FONTAINE married 27 February 1854, Napierville, Canada East to Joseph LABONTE

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)