Euphemie (Phebe) BENOIT

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9 July 1833 , Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

Died

17 March 1897 , Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

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Jacques BENOIT Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS

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Born: 9 July 1833 in Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

Father: Jacques BENOIT

Mother: Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS

Paternal grandparents: Paul BENOIT , Marie-Elisabeth LACOSTE (BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS)

Maternal grandparents: François-Xavier BEAUVAIS , Angelique-Pulcherie HERBEC (HERBECQ)

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Euphemie (Phebe) married Alfred SENEY (SENE) (SENAY) 23 May 1859 in Saint-Césaire, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alfred SENEY (SENE) (SENAY) was born 20 September 1836 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire). Alfred died 30 April 1899 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA.

Euphemie (Phebe) BENOIT died 17 March 1897 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA.

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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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Euphemie (Phebe) BENOIT married

Alfred SENEY (SENE) (SENAY)
Marriage date: 23 May 1859
Marriage place: Saint-Césaire, Canada East

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Children of Alfred SENEY (SENE) (SENAY) and Euphemie (Phebe) BENOIT

Julius (Jules) Achille SENEY

Born: 21 June 1871, Stamford, Vermont, USA
Died: 4 September 1948, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Rosalie ETHIER (AKEY) 12 October 1891 Place: Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Mary Louise RENADETTE (RENAUDET) 16 January 1898 Place: North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1833
9 July 1833
Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

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

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Marriage / Partner
Euphemie (Phebe) BENOIT and Alfred SENEY (SENE) (SENAY) 23 May 1859, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

She was 25 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 Birth of Child
Julius (Jules) Achille SENEY was born 21 June 1871, Stamford, Vermont, USA

Euphemie (Phebe) was 37 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 Marriage of Child
Julius (Jules) Achille SENEY married 12 October 1891, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA to Rosalie ETHIER (AKEY)