Benjamin HEBERT

(b. 2 December 1798 , Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada d. 26 April 1878 , Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Benjamin HEBERT was born 2 December 1798 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada

Benjamin HEBERT was the child of Joseph HEBERT and Theotiste DOUCET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph HÉBERT and Marie Josephte VINCENT (maternal) Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne ARSENAULT

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Benjamin married Madeleine DUGUAY 3 November 1817 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Madeleine DUGUAY was born December 1798 Madeleine died abt. 1839 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada . Madeleine was the child of Joseph DUGUAY and Claire DOIRON.

Benjamin married (2) Colette Scholastique DUGUAY abt. 1840 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada . Colette Scholastique DUGUAY was born abt. 1802 in New Brunswick, Canada. Colette Scholastique died 17 February 1886 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada . Colette Scholastique was the child of François DUGUAY and Marie DOIRON.

Benjamin HEBERT died 26 April 1878 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Benjamin HEBERT married

Madeleine DUGUAY-- Date: 3 November 1817 Place: Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Madeleine DUGUAY was the child of Joseph DUGUAY and Claire DOIRON

Children of Benjamin HEBERT and Madeleine DUGUAY:

Dominique HEBERT (b.20 January 1820, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Joseph HEBERT (b.20 October 1821, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 25 October 1897, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada )

Moise HEBERT (b.20 December 1828, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada d. 4 April 1892, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada )

Isaie HEBERT (b.1 June 1831, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada d. 6 February 1892, Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada)

Angele HEBERT (b.20 June 1836, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada d. 31 August 1916, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Vital DUGUAY 23 November 1857 in , New Brunswick, Canada

Benjamin HEBERT married

Colette Scholastique DUGUAY-- Date: abt. 1840 Place: Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada
Colette Scholastique DUGUAY was the child of François DUGUAY and Marie DOIRON

Children of Benjamin HEBERT and Colette Scholastique DUGUAY:

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1798 Birth
2 December 1798
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin HEBERT and Madeleine DUGUAY 3 November 1817, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada (Nepisiguit) (Nipisiguit)

He was 18 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 Birth of Child
Dominique HEBERT was born 20 January 1820, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Benjamin was 21 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Joseph HEBERT was born 20 October 1821, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Benjamin was 22 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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Moise HEBERT was born 20 December 1828, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Benjamin was 30 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Isaie HEBERT was born 1 June 1831, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Benjamin was 32 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Angele HEBERT was born 20 June 1836, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Benjamin was 37 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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Angele HEBERT married 23 November 1857, , New Brunswick, Canada to Vital DUGUAY

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.