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flag male ancestor  Marcel  BENOIT

Born
15 May 1831 Sorel, Lower Canada

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Born: 15 May 1831 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown


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Marcel  married  Marie Celina LAURENT abt. 1853 .  The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie Celina LAURENT  was born 15 January 1831 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).  Marie Celina died 4 March 1929 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA. 

Marcel BENOIT died 8 June 1899 in Saint-Louis de Richelieu, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Spouse & Children of Marcel BENOIT

Marcel BENOIT married flag female ancestor Marie Celina LAURENT
Marriage date: abt. 1853
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Children of Marcel BENOIT and Marie Celina LAURENT



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BirthBirth — 1831
15 May 1831
Sorel, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
1853 Birth of Child
Joseph BENOIT was born July 1853, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Marcel was 22 years old.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1856 Birth of Child
Marcel Joseph BENOIT was born 7 March 1856, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Marcel was 24 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1859 Birth of Child
Marie BENOIT was born 28 March 1859, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Marcel was 27 years old.
1865 Birth of Child
Lucie BENOIT was born 14 January 1865, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Marcel was 33 years old.
News1867 - 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 Birth of Child
Aime BENOIT was born 15 April 1867, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Marcel was 35 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1870 Birth of Child
Catherine-Celina BENOIT was born 10 February 1870, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Marcel was 38 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1876 Marriage of Child
Marcel Joseph BENOIT married 2 August 1876, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Clarice (Clarisse) Julie (Clara) BOUCHER
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
DeathDeath — 1899
8 June 1899
Saint-Louis de Richelieu, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 68.
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