Anselme BELLIVEAU

Born

7 September 1802 , Belliveaus Cove, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

17 November 1872 , Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Charles BELLIVEAU dit MORPAIN Rosalie COMEAU

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Born: 7 September 1802 in Belliveaus Cove, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Charles BELLIVEAU dit MORPAIN

Mother: Rosalie COMEAU

Paternal grandparents: Joseph BELLIVEAU , Marguerite ROBICHAUD

Maternal grandparents: Francois Dit Maza COMEAU , Felicite LEBLANC

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Anselme married Seraphie DOUCET abt. 1828 in Belliveaus Cove, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Seraphie DOUCET was born 10 August 1808 in Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook). Seraphie was the child of Anselme DOUCET and Marguerite LEBLANC.

Anselme BELLIVEAU died 17 November 1872 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Seraphie DOUCET
Marriage date: abt. 1828
Marriage place: Belliveaus Cove, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Seraphie DOUCET was the child of Anselme DOUCET and Marguerite LEBLANC

Children of Anselme BELLIVEAU and Seraphie DOUCET

Joseph BELLIVEAU

Born: 15 August 1834, Grosses Coques, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 10 January 1924, Grosses Coques, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Helen MELANSON 26 February 1865 Place: Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook)

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Birth — 1802
7 September 1802
Belliveaus Cove, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, 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

1834 Birth of Child
Joseph BELLIVEAU was born 15 August 1834, Grosses Coques, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Anselme was 31 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Joseph BELLIVEAU married 26 February 1865, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook) to Helen MELANSON

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.