Jean-Baptiste BERGERON

Born

6 February 1798 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

23 February 1878 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Louis BERGERON Marie-Josephte DURETTE

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Born: 6 February 1798 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Louis BERGERON

Mother: Marie-Josephte DURETTE

Paternal grandparents: Andre BERGERON , Louise DESGAGNES

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DURETTE , Marie-Bibiane LABERGE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Claire BOIVIN 18 January 1820 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Claire BOIVIN was born 1 August 1802 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie-Claire died 13 July 1877 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie-Claire was the child of Louis BOIVIN and Marie-Felicite TREMBLAY.

Jean-Baptiste BERGERON died 23 February 1878 in Les Éboulements, 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
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Jean-Baptiste BERGERON married

Marie-Claire BOIVIN
Marriage date: 18 January 1820
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Marie-Claire BOIVIN was the child of Louis BOIVIN and Marie-Felicite TREMBLAY

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Jovite BERGERON

Born: 24 January 1821, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 29 February 1892, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Domithilde GAGNON 27 January 1846 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Eusebe BERGERON

Born: 9 February 1824, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 30 October 1888, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie BOUCHARD 5 August 1850 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1798
6 February 1798
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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.

1820 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BERGERON and Marie-Claire BOIVIN 18 January 1820, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 21 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Jovite BERGERON was born 24 January 1821, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 22 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Eusebe BERGERON was born 9 February 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Jovite BERGERON married 27 January 1846, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Domithilde GAGNON

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

1850 Marriage of Child
Eusebe BERGERON married 5 August 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie BOUCHARD

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.