Alphonse BOILY

Born

12 February 1828 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

5 December 1879 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Michel BOILY Euphrosine GIRARD

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Born: 12 February 1828 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Michel BOILY

Mother: Euphrosine GIRARD

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume BOILY , Marie-Anne SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Louis GIRARD , Emerentienne BOUCHARD

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Alphonse married Ide FORTIN 18 February 1851 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Ide FORTIN was born 27 December 1828 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Ide died 28 March 1867 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Ide was the child of Jean FORTIN and Ide BOIVIN.

Alphonse BOILY died 5 December 1879 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Alphonse BOILY married

Ide FORTIN
Marriage date: 18 February 1851
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Ide FORTIN was the child of Jean FORTIN and Ide BOIVIN

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Children of Alphonse BOILY and Ide FORTIN

Jessie BOILY

Born: 5 April 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 14 February 1929, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Clovis TREMBLAY 15 January 1878 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Sophie BOILY

Born: 16 August 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Michel TREMBLAY 27 April 1908 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1828
12 February 1828
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Alphonse BOILY and Ide FORTIN 18 February 1851, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Jessie BOILY was born 5 April 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Alphonse was 25 years old.

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

1862 Birth of Child
Sophie BOILY was born 16 August 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Alphonse was 34 years old.

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.

1867 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ide FORTIN died 28 March 1867, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Marriage of Child
Jessie BOILY married 15 January 1878, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Clovis TREMBLAY

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Death — 1879
5 December 1879
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 51.

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