Jacques BENOIT

Born

8 October 1796 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

15 November 1870 , Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada

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Paul BENOIT Marie-Elisabeth LACOSTE (BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS)

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Born: 8 October 1796 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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Jacques married Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS 3 August 1818 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS was born 9 September 1797 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Marie-Anne died 13 January 1869 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of François-Xavier BEAUVAIS and Angelique-Pulcherie HERBEC (HERBECQ).

Jacques BENOIT died 15 November 1870 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS
Marriage date: 3 August 1818
Marriage place: Chambly, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS was the child of François-Xavier BEAUVAIS and Angelique-Pulcherie HERBEC (HERBECQ)

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Children of Jacques BENOIT and Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS

Euphemie (Phebe) BENOIT

Born: 9 July 1833, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada
Died: 17 March 1897, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Alfred SENEY (SENE) (SENAY) 23 May 1859 Place: Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

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Birth — 1796
8 October 1796
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BENOIT and Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS 3 August 1818, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 21 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

1833 Birth of Child
Euphemie (Phebe) BENOIT was born 9 July 1833, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Jacques was 36 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.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Euphemie (Phebe) BENOIT married 23 May 1859, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire) to Alfred SENEY (SENE) (SENAY)

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.