Josephte EKEMBERG

(b. 22 July 1782 , Île-Perrot, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 April 1869 , Saint-Polycarpe, Québec, Canada )

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Josephte EKEMBERG was born 22 July 1782 in Île-Perrot, Province of Québec, Canada

Josephte EKEMBERG was the child of Frederic EKEMBERG and Marie-Josephte DAOUST and the grandchild of: (maternal) Francois-Marie DAOUST and Suzanne MONTPETIT

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

Josephte married Jean-Baptiste BRABANT 14 November 1803 in Île-Perrot, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste BRABANT was born 24 January 1774 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Jean-Baptiste died 24 April 1809 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel BRABANT and Josephe LEGER.

Josephte married (2) Jean-Baptiste RANGER 30 October 1809 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste RANGER was born 15 December 1778 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Jean-Baptiste died 3 September 1832 in St-Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Augustin RANGER and Rose ROBILLARD.

Josephte EKEMBERG died 11 April 1869 in Saint-Polycarpe, 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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Josephte EKEMBERG married

Jean-Baptiste BRABANT-- Date: 14 November 1803 Place: Île-Perrot, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste BRABANT was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel BRABANT and Josephe LEGER

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BRABANT and Josephte EKEMBERG:

Joseph BRABANT (b.abt. 1808, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Adelaide PAPINEAU 14 February 1831 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Josephte EKEMBERG married

Jean-Baptiste RANGER-- Date: 30 October 1809 Place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste RANGER was the child of Augustin RANGER and Rose ROBILLARD

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Children of Jean-Baptiste RANGER and Josephte EKEMBERG:

Cleophee RANGER (b.4 August 1810, Saint-Polycarpe, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Hyacinthe CHARLEBOIS 18 February 1833

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1782 Birth
22 July 1782
Île-Perrot, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Josephte EKEMBERG and Jean-Baptiste BRABANT 14 November 1803, Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal)

She was 21 years old.

1809 Marriage / Partner
Josephte EKEMBERG and Jean-Baptiste RANGER 30 October 1809, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

She was 27 years old.

1809 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste BRABANT died 24 April 1809, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

1810 Birth of Child
Cleophee RANGER was born 4 August 1810, Saint-Polycarpe, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 28 years old.

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

1831 Marriage of Child
Joseph BRABANT married 14 February 1831, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Adelaide PAPINEAU

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste RANGER died 3 September 1832, St-Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada

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)

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.