Benoni-Jeremie
PROVOST
(b.
16 July 1822
,
Saint-Polycarpe, Lower Canada
d.
31 March 1899
,
Saint-Zotique, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada
)
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Benoni-Jeremie PROVOST was born 16 July 1822 in Saint-Polycarpe, Lower Canada
Benoni-Jeremie PROVOST was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Benoni-Jeremie married Ephigenie MONTPETIT 6 July 1847 in Saint-Polycarpe, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ephigenie MONTPETIT was born 14 September 1827 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Ephigenie died 14 August 1880 in Saint-Zotique, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada.
Benoni-Jeremie PROVOST died 31 March 1899 in Saint-Zotique, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Family and Children of Benoni-Jeremie PROVOST
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Ephigenie MONTPETIT-- Date: 6 July 1847 Place: Saint-Polycarpe, Canada East
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Benoni-Jeremie PROVOST and Ephigenie MONTPETIT:
Jean Baptiste PROVOST (b.19 March 1856, St Zotique, Quebec, Canada d. 9 April 1941, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada)
m. Adele POIRIER 5 August 1878
Ephigenie MONTPETIT-- Date: 6 July 1847 Place: Saint-Polycarpe, Canada EastSacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Benoni-Jeremie PROVOST and Ephigenie MONTPETIT:
Jean Baptiste PROVOST (b.19 March 1856, St Zotique, Quebec, Canada d. 9 April 1941, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada)m. Adele POIRIER 5 August 1878
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1822 Birth 16 July 1822
Saint-Polycarpe, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1847 Marriage / PartnerBenoni-Jeremie PROVOST and Ephigenie MONTPETIT 6 July 1847, Saint-Polycarpe, Québec, Canada
He was 24 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.1856 Birth of ChildJean Baptiste PROVOST was born 19 March 1856, St Zotique, Quebec, Canada
Benoni-Jeremie was 33 years old.
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1880 Death of Spouse/PartnerEphigenie MONTPETIT died 14 August 1880, Saint-Zotique, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1899 Death 31 March 1899
Saint-Zotique, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 76.
Added: 10/9/2025 4:35:46 PM
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