François Alexandre (Xavier) BENOIT

Born

22 April 1791 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

29 June 1873 , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Paul BENOIT Marie-Elisabeth LACOSTE (BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS)

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Born: 22 April 1791 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Paul BENOIT

Mother: Marie-Elisabeth LACOSTE (BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS)

Paternal grandparents: Geoffroi BENOIT , Madeleine BABIN

Maternal grandparents: Paul CASGRAIN dit LAPLANTE , Elisabeth LACOSTE

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François Alexandre (Xavier) married Isabelle-Elisabeth PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE 22 February 1813 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada . Isabelle-Elisabeth PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE was born 16 February 1795 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Isabelle-Elisabeth died 14 March 1881 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Isabelle-Elisabeth was the child of Joseph PIEDALUE and Marie-Catherine ASHBY.

François Alexandre (Xavier) BENOIT died 29 June 1873 in Ottawa, 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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François Alexandre (Xavier) BENOIT married

Isabelle-Elisabeth PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE
Marriage date: 22 February 1813
Marriage place: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada
Isabelle-Elisabeth PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE was the child of Joseph PIEDALUE and Marie-Catherine ASHBY

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Birth — 1791
22 April 1791
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1813 Marriage / Partner
François Alexandre (Xavier) BENOIT and Isabelle-Elisabeth PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE 22 February 1813, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

He was 21 years old.

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)

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)

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.