François Hilaire SURPRENANT

(b. abt. 1817 , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1903 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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François Hilaire SURPRENANT was born abt. 1817 in Québec Province, Canada

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François Hilaire married Flavie LAFAILLE 24 July 1843 in L'Acadie, Canada East . Flavie LAFAILLE was born 7 July 1824 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Flavie was the child of Pierre Clement LAFAILLE and Marie-Archange TREMBLAY.

François Hilaire married (2) Marceline BESSETTE 7 January 1851 in Farnham, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marceline BESSETTE was born abt. 1830 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marceline died abt. 1886 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Marceline was the child of Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE and Emilie BOUCHER.

François Hilaire SURPRENANT died abt. 1903 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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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 François Hilaire SURPRENANT

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François Hilaire SURPRENANT married

Flavie LAFAILLE-- Date: 24 July 1843 Place: L'Acadie, Canada East
Flavie LAFAILLE was the child of Pierre Clement LAFAILLE and Marie-Archange TREMBLAY

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Children of François Hilaire SURPRENANT and Flavie LAFAILLE:

François Hilaire SURPRENANT married

Marceline BESSETTE-- Date: 7 January 1851 Place: Farnham, Canada East
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Marceline BESSETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE and Emilie BOUCHER

Name: Francois Surprenant
Event Type: Mariage (Marriage)
Marriage Date: 1851
Marriage Place: Farnham, Québec, Canada
Marriage Church: Farnham
Place of Worship or Institution: Methodist Church
Spouse:
Marcelline Besset

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Children of François Hilaire SURPRENANT and Marceline BESSETTE:

Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT (b.8 July 1855, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East d. 10 May 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Joseph ANGER 20 October 1877 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Marriage / Partner
François Hilaire SURPRENANT and Flavie LAFAILLE 24 July 1843, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
François Hilaire SURPRENANT and Marceline BESSETTE 7 January 1851, Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham)

François Hilaire SURPRENANT - 1851 marriage

1851 marriage

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1855 Birth of Child
Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT was born 8 July 1855, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Marriage of Child
Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT married 20 October 1877, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Joseph ANGER

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Death of Child
Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT died 10 May 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)