Georges-Henri PHILIPPON

(b. 24 June 1824 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 14 August 1870 , Princeville, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada )

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Georges-Henri PHILIPPON was born 24 June 1824 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Georges-Henri PHILIPPON was the child of ? and ?

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Georges-Henri married Julie ASSELIN 6 August 1850 in Sainte-Marie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie ASSELIN was born 28 December 1820 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Julie died 9 March 1870 in Princeville, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada.

Georges-Henri PHILIPPON died 14 August 1870 in Princeville, Arthabaska, Quebec, 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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Georges-Henri PHILIPPON married

Julie ASSELIN-- Date: 6 August 1850 Place: Sainte-Marie, Canada East

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Children of Georges-Henri PHILIPPON and Julie ASSELIN:

Alphonse PHILIPPON (b.13 March 1865, Blanford, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada d. 28 June 1943, Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
m. Marie-Philomen LEMIEUX 11 August 1889 in Lyndon, Vermont, USA (Lyndonville) (Little Egypt)

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1824 Birth
24 June 1824
Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Georges-Henri PHILIPPON and Julie ASSELIN 6 August 1850, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 26 years old.

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)

1865 Birth of Child
Alphonse PHILIPPON was born 13 March 1865, Blanford, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada

Georges-Henri was 40 years old.

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.