Benoni BIBEAU

(b. 27 January 1799 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 3 December 1889 , Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Benoni BIBEAU was born 27 January 1799 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Benoni BIBEAU was the child of Pierre BIBEAU and Marguerite DUTEAU dite VILANDRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BIBEAU and Geneviève FORCIER (maternal) Alexis DUTEAU dit VILANDRE and Marie-Anne DÉSORCY

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

Benoni married Theotiste HUS PAUL 20 August 1822 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Theotiste HUS PAUL was born abt. 1796 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Theotiste died 23 October 1876 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Theotiste was the child of Joseph HUS PAUL LATRAVERSE and Pélagie LAVALLÉE.

Benoni BIBEAU died 3 December 1889 in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, 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 Benoni BIBEAU

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Benoni BIBEAU married

Theotiste HUS PAUL-- Date: 20 August 1822 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Theotiste HUS PAUL was the child of Joseph HUS PAUL LATRAVERSE and Pélagie LAVALLÉE

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Children of Benoni BIBEAU and Theotiste HUS PAUL:

Aurelie BIBEAU (b.13 March 1826, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Pierre SALVAIL 23 February 1852 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre BIBEAU (b.5 April 1828, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 7 June 1901, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada )
m. Marguerite COURNOYER 25 January 1870 in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada (Headville)

Edwige BIBEAU (b.15 September 1836, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 3 July 1873, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Michel PELOQUIN 9 February 1858 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie BIBEAU (b.25 June 1841, Sorel, Canada East d. 14 March 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Paul HUS COURNOYER 3 August 1858 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1799 Birth
27 January 1799
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Benoni BIBEAU and Theotiste HUS PAUL 20 August 1822, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 23 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Aurelie BIBEAU was born 13 March 1826, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Benoni was 27 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Pierre BIBEAU was born 5 April 1828, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Benoni was 29 years old.

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

1836 Birth of Child
Edwige BIBEAU was born 15 September 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Benoni was 37 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Marie BIBEAU was born 25 June 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Benoni was 42 years old.

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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Aurelie BIBEAU married 23 February 1852, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Pierre SALVAIL

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 Marriage of Child
Edwige BIBEAU married 9 February 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Michel PELOQUIN

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Marie BIBEAU married 3 August 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Paul HUS COURNOYER

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.