Zoe BOURGEOIS

(b. 18 January 1813 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada d. 30 July 1882 , Mascouche, Québec, Canada )

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Zoe BOURGEOIS was born 18 January 1813 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Zoe BOURGEOIS was the child of Joseph BOURGEOIS and Monique MARIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Timothee BOURGEOIS and Elisabeth WINNIET (maternal) Toussaint MARIER (LEMARIÉ) and Marguerite BROUSSARD

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

Zoe married Jean-Baptiste ETHIER 31 May 1830 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptiste ETHIER was born abt. 1807 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 5 August 1884 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph ETHIER and Rose ALLARD.

Zoe BOURGEOIS died 30 July 1882 in Mascouche, 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 Zoe BOURGEOIS

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Zoe BOURGEOIS married

Jean-Baptiste ETHIER-- Date: 31 May 1830 Place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste ETHIER was the child of Joseph ETHIER and Rose ALLARD

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Children of Jean-Baptiste ETHIER and Zoe BOURGEOIS:

Adelaide ETHIER (b.13 January 1832, Mascouche, Lower Canada d. 21 November 1907, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Treffle ETHIER (b.abt. 1841, , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 March 1922, Sainte-Julienne, Québec, Canada )
m. Octavie MARION 6 February 1866 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Hedwidge ETHIER (b.abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1813 Birth
18 January 1813
Saint-Jacques, 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 Marriage / Partner
Zoe BOURGEOIS and Jean-Baptiste ETHIER 31 May 1830, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Adelaide ETHIER was born 13 January 1832, Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

Zoe was 18 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)

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)

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)

1866 Marriage of Child
Treffle ETHIER married 6 February 1866, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Octavie MARION

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.