Jean DUBOIS

(b. 1 February 1788 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 June 1869 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada )

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Jean DUBOIS was born 1 February 1788 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean DUBOIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Marie DUBOIS and Madeleine MARION and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS and Marie-Louise METHOT (maternal) Louis-Alexandre MARION and Geneviève NADEAU

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

Jean married Marie-Geneviève AUBIN 16 February 1808 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève AUBIN was born 29 May 1787 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Geneviève died 23 December 1826 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Geneviève was the child of Denis AUBIN and Marie-Jeanne BOISVERT dite DENEVERS.

Jean married (2) Brigitte HAMEL 18 February 1828 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Brigitte HAMEL was born 11 December 1790 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Brigitte died 13 October 1864 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Brigitte was the child of Jean-Joseph HAMEL and Madeleine MARCOTTE.

Jean DUBOIS died 10 June 1869 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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 Jean DUBOIS

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Jean DUBOIS married

Marie-Geneviève AUBIN-- Date: 16 February 1808 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Marie-Geneviève AUBIN was the child of Denis AUBIN and Marie-Jeanne BOISVERT dite DENEVERS

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Children of Jean DUBOIS and Marie-Geneviève AUBIN:

Esther DUBOIS (b.28 October 1819, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada d. 21 January 1898, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE 12 January 1847 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Jean DUBOIS married

Brigitte HAMEL-- Date: 18 February 1828 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

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Brigitte HAMEL was the child of Jean-Joseph HAMEL and Madeleine MARCOTTE

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Children of Jean DUBOIS and Brigitte HAMEL:

Louis DUBOIS (b.7 January 1829, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada d. 31 August 1916, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Louise FILTEAU 11 January 1853 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1788 Birth
1 February 1788
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Jean DUBOIS and Marie-Geneviève AUBIN 16 February 1808 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Esther DUBOIS was born 28 October 1819, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Jean was 31 years old.

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)

1826 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Geneviève AUBIN died 23 December 1826, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Jean DUBOIS and Brigitte HAMEL 18 February 1828, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 40 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Louis DUBOIS was born 7 January 1829, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Jean was 40 years old.

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Marriage of Child
Esther DUBOIS married 12 January 1847, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Louis DUBOIS married 11 January 1853, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise FILTEAU

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)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Brigitte HAMEL died 13 October 1864, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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.