Basile BONNEAU

Born

30 August 1776 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

26 May 1859 , Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East

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Dominique-Eloi-Benjamin BONNEAU dit LABÉCASSE Marie-Catherine GIROUX

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Born: 30 August 1776 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Dominique-Eloi-Benjamin BONNEAU dit LABÉCASSE

Mother: Marie-Catherine GIROUX

Paternal grandparents: Dominique BONNEAU dit LABÉCASSE , Françoise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GIROUX dit DESFOURCHETTES , Catherine LONGTIN

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Basile married Lucie TROTTIER 22 February 1819 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lucie TROTTIER was born 7 September 1800 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Lucie was the child of Antoine TROTTIER and Thérèse GAUTHIER.

Basile BONNEAU died 26 May 1859 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East.
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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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Basile BONNEAU married

Lucie TROTTIER
Marriage date: 22 February 1819
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Lucie TROTTIER was the child of Antoine TROTTIER and Thérèse GAUTHIER

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Children of Basile BONNEAU and Lucie TROTTIER

Cyprien Peter BONNEAU

Born: 24 February 1826, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1897, Killingly, Connecticut, USA

Married: Marie Salome MONGEAU 3 August 1852 Place: Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

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Birth — 1776
30 August 1776
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Basile BONNEAU and Lucie TROTTIER 22 February 1819, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 42 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)

1826 Birth of Child
Cyprien Peter BONNEAU was born 24 February 1826, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Basile was 49 years old.

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.