Hippolyte LAJOIE

(b. 29 November 1808 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 12 March 1889 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )

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Hippolyte LAJOIE was born 29 November 1808 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Hippolyte LAJOIE was the child of Louis LAJOIE and Modeste HARVEY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LAJOIE and Thecle BOUCHARD (maternal) Dominique HERVE (HARVEY) and Madeleine DUFOUR

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Hippolyte married Adelaide BERGERON 19 October 1840 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Adelaide BERGERON was born 29 July 1813 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Adelaide died 24 May 1893 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Adelaide was the child of Jean-François BERGERON and Claire GAGNON.

Hippolyte LAJOIE died 12 March 1889 in Sainte-Agnès, 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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Family and Children of Hippolyte LAJOIE

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Hippolyte LAJOIE married

Adelaide BERGERON-- Date: 19 October 1840 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Adelaide BERGERON was the child of Jean-François BERGERON and Claire GAGNON

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Children of Hippolyte LAJOIE and Adelaide BERGERON:

Modeste LAJOIE (b.1 December 1843, La Malbaie, Canada East d. 24 July 1904, Saint-Bruno, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada)
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 27 October 1862 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Marie LAJOIE (b.abt. 1849, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Ferdinand TREMBLAY 10 August 1869 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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1808 Birth
29 November 1808
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Marriage / Partner
Hippolyte LAJOIE and Adelaide BERGERON 19 October 1840, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Modeste LAJOIE was born 1 December 1843, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Hippolyte was 35 years old.

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Modeste LAJOIE married 27 October 1862, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Joseph TREMBLAY

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.