Louis BIBEAU

(b. 18 July 1810 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 16 April 1876 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

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Louis BIBEAU was born 18 July 1810 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Louis BIBEAU was the child of François-Xavier BIBEAU and Catherine SALVAIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François-Xavier BIBEAU and Marguerite CARTIER (maternal) Joseph SALVAIL and Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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

Louis married Bibiane COURNOYER 12 February 1833 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Bibiane COURNOYER was born 11 May 1817 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Bibiane died 12 January 1898 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Bibiane was the child of Antoine HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite ST-GERMAIN.

Louis BIBEAU died 16 April 1876 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada .

married Bibiane Cournoyer, 12 February 1833, Yamaska, Quebec

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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 Louis BIBEAU

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Louis BIBEAU married

Bibiane COURNOYER-- Date: 12 February 1833 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Bibiane COURNOYER was the child of Antoine HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite ST-GERMAIN

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Children of Louis BIBEAU and Bibiane COURNOYER:

Joseph BIBEAU (b.11 January 1834, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 10 December 1898, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada )

Marie BIBEAU (b.26 June 1835, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 25 April 1911, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

Elmire BIBEAU (b.20 May 1839, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 26 January 1912, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

Elisabeth BIBEAU (b.31 May 1846, Yamaska, Canada East d. , )

Rosalie BIBEAU (b.abt. 1848, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1810 Birth
18 July 1810
Yamaska, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Louis BIBEAU and Bibiane COURNOYER 12 February 1833, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 22 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Joseph BIBEAU was born 11 January 1834, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis was 23 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Marie BIBEAU was born 26 June 1835, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis was 24 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)

1839 Birth of Child
Elmire BIBEAU was born 20 May 1839, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis was 28 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Elisabeth BIBEAU was born 31 May 1846, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis was 35 years old.

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.