Charles BEAUVAIS

Born

19 October 1811 , Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada

Died

4 April 1904 , Buckingham, Québec, Canada

Charles married Magdelaine MIRON abt. 1845 in Montebello, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Magdelaine MIRON was born 22 July 1824 in Seigneurie de la Petite-Nation, Lower Canada. Magdelaine died 15 July 1906 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Matawinie, Quebec, Canada. Magdelaine was the child of Joseph-Antoine MIGNERON and Marie-Madeleine CHEVRIER .

Parents & Family of Charles BEAUVAIS

Parents of Charles BEAUVAIS

Father

Etienne BOUVRET

Mother

Desanges DION

Grandparents of Charles BEAUVAIS

Paternal grandparents

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charles BEAUVAIS

Charles BEAUVAIS married

Magdelaine MIRON
Marriage date: abt. 1845
Marriage place: Montebello, Canada East
Magdelaine MIRON was the child of Joseph-Antoine MIGNERON and Marie-Madeleine CHEVRIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Charles BEAUVAIS and Magdelaine MIRON

Joseph BEAUVAIS

Born: 10 June 1862, Hull, Canada East
Died: 25 March 1908, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie Exia Palmire BERUBE 9 July 1888 Place: Hull, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1811
19 October 1811
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

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

1862 Birth of Child
Joseph BEAUVAIS was born 10 June 1862, Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)*

Charles was 50 years old.

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.