Esther BIBEAU

Born

29 June 1818 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

18 September 1882 , St-Pie-de-Guire, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada

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François-Xavier BIBEAU Catherine SALVAIL

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Born: 29 June 1818 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: François-Xavier BIBEAU

Mother: Catherine SALVAIL

Paternal grandparents: Jean-François-Xavier BIBEAU , Marguerite CARTIER

Maternal grandparents: Joseph SALVAIL , Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Esther married Joseph ST-GERMAIN 4 August 1840 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph ST-GERMAIN was born abt. 1814 in Québec Province, Canada. Joseph died 26 June 1904 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada . Joseph was the child of Louis ST-GERMAIN and Marguerite PETRIN.

Esther BIBEAU died 18 September 1882 in St-Pie-de-Guire, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada.
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Esther BIBEAU married

Joseph ST-GERMAIN
Marriage date: 4 August 1840
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Joseph ST-GERMAIN was the child of Louis ST-GERMAIN and Marguerite PETRIN

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Children of Joseph ST-GERMAIN and Esther BIBEAU

Benoni ST-GERMAIN

Born: 12 April 1850, Saint-David, Canada East
Died: ,

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1818
29 June 1818
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Esther BIBEAU and Joseph ST-GERMAIN 4 August 1840, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 22 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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Benoni ST-GERMAIN was born 12 April 1850, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

Esther was 31 years old.

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.