Jacques BOILY

(b. 1 May 1793 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 19 February 1869 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

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Jacques BOILY was born 1 May 1793 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Jacques BOILY was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOILY and Amable COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume BOILY and Louise GAGNÉ (maternal) Thomas COTE and Geneviève GAGNON

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

Jacques married Marie SAVARD 19 October 1819 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie SAVARD was born 14 March 1801 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie died 19 October 1875 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie was the child of Joseph-Marie SAVARD and Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT).

Jacques BOILY died 19 February 1869 in La Malbaie, 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 Jacques BOILY

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Jacques BOILY married

Marie SAVARD-- Date: 19 October 1819 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Marie SAVARD was the child of Joseph-Marie SAVARD and Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

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Children of Jacques BOILY and Marie SAVARD:

Georges BOILY (b.17 September 1820, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 28 February 1879, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )
m. Josephte ASSELIN 26 July 1846

Elise BOILY (b.27 July 1822, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Xenophon-Alexis GAGNON 23 February 1846 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1793 Birth
1 May 1793
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BOILY and Marie SAVARD 19 October 1819, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 26 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Georges BOILY was born 17 September 1820, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jacques was 27 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Elise BOILY was born 27 July 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jacques was 29 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)

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Elise BOILY married 23 February 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Xenophon-Alexis GAGNON

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.