Telesphore ST-GELAIS

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abt. 1824 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

3 October 1893 , Les Escoumins, Quebec, Canada

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Bernard-Isaie ST-GELAIS Marie-Judith FORTIN

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Born: abt. 1824 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Bernard-Isaie ST-GELAIS

Mother: Marie-Judith FORTIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean-François BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS , Suzanne DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE

Maternal grandparents: Jacques FORTIN , Judith TREMBLAY

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Telesphore married Beatrice TREMBLAY 9 October 1848 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Beatrice TREMBLAY was born 30 January 1828 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Beatrice was the child of Moise TREMBLAY and Christine KICHERA dite LAVALTRIE (TCHICHERA).

Telesphore ST-GELAIS died 3 October 1893 in Les Escoumins, Quebec, 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.

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Telesphore ST-GELAIS married

Beatrice TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 9 October 1848
Marriage place: La Baie, Canada East
Beatrice TREMBLAY was the child of Moise TREMBLAY and Christine KICHERA dite LAVALTRIE (TCHICHERA)

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Children of Telesphore ST-GELAIS and Beatrice TREMBLAY

Evangleline-Eva ST-GELAIS

Born: 22 May 1858, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

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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

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Telesphore ST-GELAIS and Beatrice TREMBLAY 9 October 1848, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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

1858 Birth of Child
Evangleline-Eva ST-GELAIS was born 22 May 1858, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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.