Benjamin BELAND

Born

24 June 1809 , Louiseville, Lower Canada

Died

15 June 1889 , Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

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Francois BELAND Madeleine BARON dite LUPIEN

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Born: 24 June 1809 in Louiseville, Lower Canada

Father: Francois BELAND

Mother: Madeleine BARON dite LUPIEN

Paternal grandparents: Francois BELAND , Antoinette LAMY

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BARON dit LUPIEN , Madeleine BRULE

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Benjamin married Marie-Louise LAMY 17 September 1833 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LAMY was born 3 February 1817 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marie-Louise died 14 February 1884 in Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Laurent-Charles LAMY and Marie-Louise GUERIN dite LAJOIE (GERIN).

Benjamin BELAND died 15 June 1889 in Saint-Hugues, Québec, 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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Benjamin BELAND married

Marie-Louise LAMY
Marriage date: 17 September 1833
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise LAMY was the child of Laurent-Charles LAMY and Marie-Louise GUERIN dite LAJOIE (GERIN)

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Marie-Louise-Clarinthe BELAND

Born: 13 December 1840, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 27 December 1874, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

Married: Jeremie DERY 6 August 1866 Place: Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1809
24 June 1809
Louiseville, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin BELAND and Marie-Louise LAMY 17 September 1833, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He 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-Clarinthe BELAND was born 13 December 1840, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Benjamin was 31 years old.

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.

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)

1866 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise-Clarinthe BELAND married 6 August 1866, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada to Jeremie DERY

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.