Marceline BESSETTE

Born

abt. 1830 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

abt. 1886 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE Emilie BOUCHER

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Born: abt. 1830 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE

Mother: Emilie BOUCHER

Paternal grandparents: François BESSETTE (BESSET) , Louise RACINE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BOUCHER , Marie-Anne LAREAU

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Marceline married François Hilaire SURPRENANT 7 January 1851 in Farnham, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François Hilaire SURPRENANT was born abt. 1817 in Québec Province, Canada. François Hilaire died abt. 1903 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .

Marceline BESSETTE died abt. 1886 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Marceline BESSETTE married

François Hilaire SURPRENANT
Marriage date: 7 January 1851
Marriage place: Farnham, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marriage notes:

Name: Francois Surprenant

Event Type: Mariage (Marriage)

Marriage Date: 1851

Marriage Place: Farnham, Québec, Canada

Marriage Church: Farnham

Place of Worship or Institution: Methodist Church

Spouse:

Marcelline Besset

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

Children of François Hilaire SURPRENANT and Marceline BESSETTE

Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT

Born: 8 July 1855, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East
Died: 10 May 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Joseph ANGER 20 October 1877 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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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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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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Marceline BESSETTE and François Hilaire SURPRENANT 7 January 1851, Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham)

1851 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1855 Birth of Child
Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT was born 8 July 1855, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

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

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.

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

1877 Marriage of Child
Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT married 20 October 1877, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA to Joseph ANGER

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)

1881 Death of Child
Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT died 10 May 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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

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