Jean CRESSE

Born

13 September 1794 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Died

16 October 1879 , Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Jean married Louise BEAUBIEN 30 January 1826 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise BEAUBIEN was born 27 May 1796 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . Louise died 17 January 1871 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada . Louise was the child of Joseph BEAUBIEN and Marie-Antoinette CARBONNEAU .

Parents & Family of Jean CRESSE

Parents of Jean CRESSE

Father

Pierre-Michel CRESSE

Mother

Marie FAFARD dite LAFRAMBOISE

Grandparents of Jean CRESSE

Paternal grandparents

Louis-Pierre CRESSE dit COURVAL Charlotte-Louise DUMONT dite LAMBERT

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste FAFARD dit LAFRAMBOISE Marguerite CHATELAIN

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Capitaine de Milice

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean CRESSE

Jean CRESSE married

Louise BEAUBIEN
Marriage date: 30 January 1826
Marriage place: Nicolet, Lower Canada
Louise BEAUBIEN was the child of Joseph BEAUBIEN and Marie-Antoinette CARBONNEAU

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Jean CRESSE and Louise BEAUBIEN

Elise CRESSE

Born: 5 March 1832, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 24 November 1918, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Canada

Married: Onesime GEOFFROY 8 January 1853 Place: Nicolet, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1794
13 September 1794
Trois-Rivières, 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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Jean CRESSE and Louise BEAUBIEN 30 January 1826, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 31 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Elise CRESSE was born 5 March 1832, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Jean was 37 years old.

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.

1853 Marriage of Child
Elise CRESSE married 8 January 1853, Nicolet, Canada East to Onesime GEOFFROY

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.