Esther SYLVESTRE

(b. 12 April 1801 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada d. 19 August 1875 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada )

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Esther SYLVESTRE was born 12 April 1801 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Esther SYLVESTRE was the child of Pierre SYLVESTRE and Madeleine CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMP and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE and Marie-Françoise MOREAU dite FRANCOEUR (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CORNELLIER dit GRANDCHAMP and Therese-Getrude BAUCHER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Esther married Pierre JOLY 6 October 1817 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre JOLY was born 28 February 1796 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Pierre died 21 June 1885 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Pierre was the child of Joseph JOLY and Marie-Louise BONIN.

Esther SYLVESTRE died 19 August 1875 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada .
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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.

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Family and Children of Esther SYLVESTRE

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Esther SYLVESTRE married

Pierre JOLY-- Date: 6 October 1817 Place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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Pierre JOLY was the child of Joseph JOLY and Marie-Louise BONIN

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Children of Pierre JOLY and Esther SYLVESTRE:

Marcelline JOLY (b.2 January 1823, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE 25 July 1843 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1801 Birth
12 April 1801
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Esther SYLVESTRE and Pierre JOLY 6 October 1817, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

She was 16 years old.

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

1823 Birth of Child
Marcelline JOLY was born 2 January 1823, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Esther was 21 years old.

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Marcelline JOLY married 25 July 1843, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

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)

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.