Benoni "Jean-Benjamin" THERIAULT

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6 August 1805 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

18 January 1879 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

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Born: 6 August 1805 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

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Benoni "Jean-Benjamin" married Marguerite Emerentienne MARTIN 20 February 1827 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite Emerentienne MARTIN was born 21 March 1806 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston). Marguerite Emerentienne died 18 September 1885 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston).

Benoni "Jean-Benjamin" THERIAULT died 18 January 1879 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Benoni "Jean-Benjamin" THERIAULT married

Marguerite Emerentienne MARTIN
Marriage date: 20 February 1827
Marriage place: Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

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Onesime THERIAULT

Born: 3 February 1840, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1894, , New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Marie Flavie MARTIN 7 February 1860 Place: Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

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Birth — 1805
6 August 1805
Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Benoni "Jean-Benjamin" THERIAULT and Marguerite Emerentienne MARTIN 20 February 1827, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

He was 21 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Onesime THERIAULT was born 3 February 1840, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

Benoni "Jean-Benjamin" was 34 years old.

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Onesime THERIAULT married 7 February 1860, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston) to Marie Flavie MARTIN

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.