Jean-Baptiste
GEOFFRION
(b.
26 February 1788
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
21 September 1865
,
Varennes, Canada East
)
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Jean-Baptiste GEOFFRION was born 26 February 1788 in Québec Province, Canada
Jean-Baptiste GEOFFRION was the child of Pierre GEOFFRION (JEFFRION) and Marie HÉBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel GEOFFRION (JOFFRION) dit ST-JEAN and Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE (maternal) Gabriel-Lambert HÉBERT and Marie BANLIER dite LAPERLEJean-Baptiste GEOFFRION died 21 September 1865 in Varennes, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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1788 Birth 26 February 1788
Québec Province, Canada
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada1818 - 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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1865 Death 21 September 1865
Varennes, Canada East
He died at the age of 77.
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