Joseph BELANGER

Born

8 July 1809 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

22 April 1895 , Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada

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Eloi BELANGER Isabelle COMEAU

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Born: 8 July 1809 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Father: Eloi BELANGER

Mother: Isabelle COMEAU

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie BELANGER , Francoise DANEAU

Maternal grandparents: François COMEAU , Françoise PARIS dite LAMADELEINE

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Joseph married Marguerite DUBOIS 13 August 1839 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DUBOIS was born 22 August 1820 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marguerite died 31 December 1901 in Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Francois-Xavier DUBOIS and Marguerite LEBLANC.

Joseph BELANGER died 22 April 1895 in Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada.
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Joseph BELANGER married

Marguerite DUBOIS
Marriage date: 13 August 1839
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marguerite DUBOIS was the child of Francois-Xavier DUBOIS and Marguerite LEBLANC

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Children of Joseph BELANGER and Marguerite DUBOIS

Emerence BELANGER

Born: 28 July 1841, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East
Died: 1 October 1924, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada

Married: Leandre MAILHOT 11 August 1863

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Birth — 1809
8 July 1809
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BELANGER and Marguerite DUBOIS 13 August 1839, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 30 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Emerence BELANGER was born 28 July 1841, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph was 32 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)

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.