Hilarion BENOIT

Born

6 June 1807 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

2 May 1869 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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Joseph Firmin BENOIT Elisabeth Isabelle LANDRY

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Born: 6 June 1807 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Joseph Firmin BENOIT

Mother: Elisabeth Isabelle LANDRY

Paternal grandparents: Antoine BENOIT , Marie SAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Anselme LANDRY , Marie-Thérèse BRIDEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Hilarion married Venerande GAUTREAU 3 November 1828 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Venerande GAUTREAU was born 11 September 1810 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Venerande was the child of Isaac GAUTREAU (GAUTROT) and Charlotte COMEAU.

Hilarion married (2) Marie Judith ST COEUR 29 May 1837 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie Judith ST COEUR was born 24 August 1812 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Judith died 6 March 1875 Marie Judith was the child of Laurent ST COEUR and Louise ROUSSEL.

Hilarion BENOIT died 2 May 1869 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .

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Hilarion BENOIT married

Venerande GAUTREAU
Marriage date: 3 November 1828
Marriage place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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Venerande GAUTREAU was the child of Isaac GAUTREAU (GAUTROT) and Charlotte COMEAU

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parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Joseph Roman Catholic Church

Children of Hilarion BENOIT and Venerande GAUTREAU

Marie Charlotte BENOIT

Born: 14 February 1830, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: March 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Joseph Tranquille BENOIT

Born: 21 October 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Hilarion BENOIT married

Marie Judith ST COEUR
Marriage date: 29 May 1837
Marriage place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Marie Judith ST COEUR was the child of Laurent ST COEUR and Louise ROUSSEL

Children of Hilarion BENOIT and Marie Judith ST COEUR

Isabelle BENOIT

Born: April 1838, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Philippe BENOIT

Born: 12 August 1839, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Charlotte BENOIT

Born: 6 January 1841, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Clement BENOIT

Born: 21 November 1842, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Pierre Larion BENOIT

Born: 14 February 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1807
6 June 1807
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Hilarion BENOIT and Venerande GAUTREAU 3 November 1828, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 21 years old.

1828 marriage

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Marie Charlotte BENOIT was born 14 February 1830, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Hilarion was 22 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Death of Child
Marie Charlotte BENOIT died March 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Hilarion was 23 years old.

1831 Birth of Child
Joseph Tranquille BENOIT was born 21 October 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Hilarion was 24 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Marriage / Partner
Hilarion BENOIT and Marie Judith ST COEUR 29 May 1837, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 30 years old.

1837 marriage

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Isabelle BENOIT was born April 1838, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Hilarion was 30 years old.

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

1839 Birth of Child
Philippe BENOIT was born 12 August 1839, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Hilarion was 32 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Birth of Child
Charlotte BENOIT was born 6 January 1841, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Hilarion was 33 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Clement BENOIT was born 21 November 1842, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Hilarion was 35 years old.

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Pierre Larion BENOIT was born 14 February 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Hilarion was 37 years old.

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.