Antoine-Benjamin LIPPE

(b. 18 March 1831 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada d. 13 February 1916 , Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada )

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Antoine-Benjamin LIPPE was born 18 March 1831 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Antoine-Benjamin LIPPE was the child of Benjamin LIPPE and Genevieve BRAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Benjamin-Nicolas LIPPE and Marie-Louise MONDOR dite LIENARD (maternal) Antoine BRAULT and Marie-Anne MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS

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

Antoine-Benjamin married Julienne RAINVILLE 22 September 1856 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Julienne RAINVILLE was born 6 April 1836 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Julienne died 29 April 1928 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada.

Antoine-Benjamin LIPPE died 13 February 1916 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada.
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Antoine-Benjamin LIPPE married

Julienne RAINVILLE-- Date: 22 September 1856 Place: Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East

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Children of Antoine-Benjamin LIPPE and Julienne RAINVILLE:

Marie-Eugenie-Julienne LIPPE (b.8 March 1858, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Canada East d. 11 April 1858, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Canada East)

Marie-Georgiana LIPPE (b.29 March 1859, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Canada East d. 6 April 1946, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)
m. Alfred RONDEAU 28 May 1878

Charles LIPPE (b.28 May 1862, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Canada East d. 2 January 1945, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)
m. Merilise BRAULT 8 July 1884

Antoine LIPPE (b.23 May 1865, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Canada East d. 2 April 1945, St-Pierre de Ditton, La Patrie, Quebec, Canada)
m. Louise JOLY 18 October 1887
m. Marie-Anne-Philomene LATENDRESSE 29 August 1898

Veronique-Alida LIPPE (b.30 November 1867, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Canada East d. 4 August 1900, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)

Joseph-Octavien LIPPE (b.7 May 1871, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada d. 18 May 1871, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)

Octavienne LIPPE (b.7 May 1871, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada d. abt. 1898, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)

Joseph-Octavien LIPPE (b.26 August 1873, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada d. 10 September 1896, St-Pierre-de-Ditton, La Patrie, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Anne-Philomene LATENDRESSE 2 October 1894

Joseph Noel Osias LIPPE (b.23 December 1875, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada d. 29 June 1964, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Anna LAFERRIERE 23 November 1901 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph-Pierre LIPPE (b.15 May 1880, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada d. 24 May 1924, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Diana LEPAGE 18 February 1901

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1831 Birth
18 March 1831
Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

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.

1856 Marriage / Partner
Antoine-Benjamin LIPPE and Julienne RAINVILLE 22 September 1856, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)

He was 25 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie-Eugenie-Julienne LIPPE was born 8 March 1858, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Benjamin was 26 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Marie-Georgiana LIPPE was born 29 March 1859, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Benjamin was 28 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Charles LIPPE was born 28 May 1862, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Benjamin was 31 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Antoine LIPPE was born 23 May 1865, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Benjamin was 34 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1867 Birth of Child
Veronique-Alida LIPPE was born 30 November 1867, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Benjamin was 36 years old.

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

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

1871 Birth of Child
Joseph-Octavien LIPPE was born 7 May 1871, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Benjamin was 40 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Octavienne LIPPE was born 7 May 1871, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Benjamin was 40 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Joseph-Octavien LIPPE was born 26 August 1873, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Benjamin was 42 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Birth of Child
Joseph Noel Osias LIPPE was born 23 December 1875, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Benjamin was 44 years old.

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

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

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1880 Birth of Child
Joseph-Pierre LIPPE was born 15 May 1880, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Benjamin was 49 years old.

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

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

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

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

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 Death of Child
Joseph-Octavien LIPPE died 10 September 1896, St-Pierre-de-Ditton, La Patrie, Quebec, Canada

Antoine-Benjamin was 65 years old.

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

1900 Death of Child
Veronique-Alida LIPPE died 4 August 1900, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Benjamin was 69 years old.

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

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1901 Marriage of Child
Joseph Noel Osias LIPPE married 23 November 1901, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA to Anna LAFERRIERE

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

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1916 Death
13 February 1916
Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 84.

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