Dominique BENOIT

(b. 27 November 1808 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 15 February 1886 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Dominique BENOIT was born 27 November 1808 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Dominique BENOIT was the child of Joseph Firmin BENOIT and Elisabeth Isabelle LANDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine BENOIT and Marie SAVOIE (maternal) Anselme LANDRY and Marie-Thérèse BRIDEAU

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Dominique married Anne Nancy MCGRATH (MCGRAW) 11 January 1827 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Anne Nancy MCGRATH (MCGRAW) was born 15 April 1805 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Anne Nancy died 11 June 1875 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Anne Nancy was the child of Michael Stephen MCGRATH (MCGRAW) and Brigitte-Félicité ROBERT dite LEBRETON.

Dominique BENOIT died 15 February 1886 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Dominique BENOIT married

Anne Nancy MCGRATH (MCGRAW)-- Date: 11 January 1827 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Anne Nancy MCGRATH (MCGRAW) was the child of Michael Stephen MCGRATH (MCGRAW) and Brigitte-Félicité ROBERT dite LEBRETON

Children of Dominique BENOIT and Anne Nancy MCGRATH (MCGRAW):

Firmin BENOIT (b.19 October 1827, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 16 February 1900, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Marie Nathalie BASQUE 7 January 1852 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Julie BENOIT (b.8 January 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Marie Luce BENOIT (b.11 December 1832, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Marie Louise BENOIT (b.1 February 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Isaie BENOIT (b.28 December 1842, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Maurice BENOIT (b.26 June 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

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1808 Birth
27 November 1808
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
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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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Dominique BENOIT and Anne Nancy MCGRATH (MCGRAW) 11 January 1827, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 18 years old.

1827 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

1827 Birth of Child
Firmin BENOIT was born 19 October 1827, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 18 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Marie Julie BENOIT was born 8 January 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 22 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Marie Luce BENOIT was born 11 December 1832, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 24 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

1840 Birth of Child
Marie Louise BENOIT was born 1 February 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 31 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
Isaie BENOIT was born 28 December 1842, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 34 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
Maurice BENOIT was born 26 June 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 36 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Marriage of Child
Firmin BENOIT married 7 January 1852, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Marie Nathalie BASQUE

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.