Joseph BEAUMONT

(b. 28 November 1796 , Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada d. 3 February 1861 , Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Canada East )

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Joseph BEAUMONT was born 28 November 1796 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada

Joseph BEAUMONT was the child of Joseph BEAUMONT and Anne OUVRARD dite LAPIERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BEAUMONT and Marie-Agathe JOBIN (maternal) Louis OUVRARD dit LAPERRIÈRE and Elisabeth RIOPEL

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

Joseph married Marie-Jeanne DUCHESNEAU 5 March 1821 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Jeanne DUCHESNEAU was born 21 February 1804 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville). Marie-Jeanne died 30 July 1874 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville). Marie-Jeanne was the child of Pierre DUCHESNEAU and Marie-Louise CHARTRE.

Joseph BEAUMONT died 3 February 1861 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Canada East .
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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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Joseph BEAUMONT married

Marie-Jeanne DUCHESNEAU-- Date: 5 March 1821 Place: Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada
Marie-Jeanne DUCHESNEAU was the child of Pierre DUCHESNEAU and Marie-Louise CHARTRE

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Children of Joseph BEAUMONT and Marie-Jeanne DUCHESNEAU:

Jacques BEAUMONT (b.29 April 1839, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada d. 27 March 1893, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie CAYEN dite HAMEL 30 August 1858 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

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1796 Birth
28 November 1796
Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, 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 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BEAUMONT and Marie-Jeanne DUCHESNEAU 5 March 1821, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

He was 24 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Jacques BEAUMONT was born 29 April 1839, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

Joseph was 42 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

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Jacques BEAUMONT married 30 August 1858, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville) to Marie CAYEN dite HAMEL