Jean-Baptiste HELIE

(b. 8 July 1824 , Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 10 September 1882 , Nicolet, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste HELIE was born 8 July 1824 in Nicolet, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste HELIE was the child of Jean-Baptiste HELIE (ELIE) and Josephte THIBODEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois ELIE and Marie-Josephe DESROSIERS dite DARGIS (maternal) Etienne THIBODEAU and Marie CHARTRE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Louise MCDONALD 25 January 1853 in Nicolet, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise MCDONALD was born abt. 1831 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Louise died 11 February 1885 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA . Louise was the child of Pierre MCDONALD and Marie-Sophie BOURK (BOURG).

Jean-Baptiste HELIE died 10 September 1882 in Nicolet, 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-Baptiste HELIE

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Jean-Baptiste HELIE married

Louise MCDONALD-- Date: 25 January 1853 Place: Nicolet, Canada East
Louise MCDONALD was the child of Pierre MCDONALD and Marie-Sophie BOURK (BOURG)

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Children of Jean-Baptiste HELIE and Louise MCDONALD:

Arthemise E HELIE (b.19 March 1852, St-Wenceslas, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada d. 5 April 1953, New Boston, New Hampshire, USA)
m. François Xavier GAGNON

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1824 Birth
8 July 1824
Nicolet, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

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

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

1852 Birth of Child
Arthemise E HELIE was born 19 March 1852, St-Wenceslas, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste HELIE and Louise MCDONALD 25 January 1853, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 28 years old.

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)

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.