Joseph BENOIT

Born

11 April 1836 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

September 1870 , St Albert, North West Territories (Alberta), Canada

Joseph married Olive BELLEROSE 27 October 1868 in St Albert, Alberta, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olive BELLEROSE was born 7 May 1842 in Lesser Slave Lake, North West Territories (Alberta), Canada. Olive died 13 July 1929 in St Albert, Alberta, Canada. Olive was the child of Olivier BELLEROSE and Josephte SAVARD .

Parents & Family of Joseph BENOIT

Parents of Joseph BENOIT

Father

Louis BENOIT

Mother

Marguerite FORCIER

Grandparents of Joseph BENOIT

Paternal grandparents

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph BENOIT

Joseph BENOIT married

Olive BELLEROSE
Marriage date: 27 October 1868
Marriage place: St Albert, Alberta, Canada
Olive BELLEROSE was the child of Olivier BELLEROSE and Josephte SAVARD

Children of Joseph BENOIT and Olive BELLEROSE

Joseph BENOIT

Born: 31 December 1869, St Albert, North West Territories (Alberta), Canada
Died: 7 June 1937, St Albert, Alberta, Canada

Married: Rosalie PETIT 20 November 1897

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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 — 1836
11 April 1836
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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.