Genevieve BABIN

Born

2 November 1798 , Sluice Point, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

18 August 1876 , Sluice Point, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents & Family of Genevieve BABIN

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Born: 2 November 1798 in Sluice Point, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents of Genevieve BABIN

Father

Charles BABIN

Mother

Veronique Ludivine AMIRAULT

Grandparents of Genevieve BABIN

Paternal grandparents

Charles Victor BABIN Cecile GODIN (GAUDIN)

Maternal grandparents

Jacques AMIRAULT Marie Madeleine BELLIVEAU

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

Genevieve married Charles Amand POTHIER 21 November 1820 in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles Amand POTHIER was born 18 April 1794 in Wedgeport, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Charles Amand died 17 July 1883 in Sluice Point, Nova Scotia, Canada. Charles Amand was the child of Charles Amand POTHIER and Marguerite D'ENTREMONT.

Genevieve BABIN died 18 August 1876 in Sluice Point, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Genevieve BABIN

Genevieve BABIN married

Charles Amand POTHIER
Marriage date: 21 November 1820
Marriage place: Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, Canada
Charles Amand POTHIER was the child of Charles Amand POTHIER and Marguerite D'ENTREMONT

Children of Charles Amand POTHIER and Genevieve BABIN

Louis POTHIER

Born: 18 April 1839, Sluice Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 20 May 1929, Sluice Point, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Anne Susanne SURETTE 17 April 1865

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Birth — 1798
2 November 1798
Sluice Point, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 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 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve BABIN and Charles Amand POTHIER 21 November 1820, Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 22 years old.

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

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
Louis POTHIER was born 18 April 1839, Sluice Point, Nova Scotia, Canada

Genevieve was 40 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

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.