Hippolyte GONTHIER

(b. 1 March 1804 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 15 December 1875 , Saint-Fidèle, Canada )

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Hippolyte GONTHIER was born 1 March 1804 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Hippolyte GONTHIER was the child of Abraham-Constantin GONTHIER and Marie-Constance BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Marc GONTHIER and Marie-Cecile SIMARD (maternal) Pierre BOUCHARD and Marie-Geneviève GRENON

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

Hippolyte married Angele SAVARD 9 January 1827 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angele SAVARD was born 7 June 1806 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Angele died 30 April 1882 in Saint-Siméon, Canada. Angele was the child of Etienne SAVARD and Charlotte VERREAULT.

Hippolyte GONTHIER died 15 December 1875 in Saint-Fidèle, 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 GONTHIER

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Hippolyte GONTHIER married

Angele SAVARD-- Date: 9 January 1827 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Angele SAVARD was the child of Etienne SAVARD and Charlotte VERREAULT

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Children of Hippolyte GONTHIER and Angele SAVARD:

Lumina GONTHIER (GAUTHIER) (b.27 February 1844, La Malbaie, Canada East d. , )
m. Louis TREMBLAY 31 January 1870

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1804 Birth
1 March 1804
Les Éboulements, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Hippolyte GONTHIER and Angele SAVARD 9 January 1827, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 22 years old.

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Lumina GONTHIER (GAUTHIER) was born 27 February 1844, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Hippolyte was 40 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

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.