Joseph LABONTE

(b. 16 April 1806 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 December 1883 , Napierville, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph LABONTE was born 16 April 1806 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph LABONTE was the child of Paul MAROT dit LABONTÉ and Marguerite BOUDREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul MAROTTE dit LABONTÉ and Veronique BOULE (maternal) Charles BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Madeleine CLOUATRE

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

Joseph married Josephte CHARTIER 10 October 1829 in Napierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte CHARTIER was born abt. 1805 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Josephte died 22 May 1885 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHARTIER and Josephte HEBERT.

Joseph LABONTE died 24 December 1883 in Napierville, 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 Joseph LABONTE

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Joseph LABONTE married

Josephte CHARTIER-- Date: 10 October 1829 Place: Napierville, Lower Canada
Josephte CHARTIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHARTIER and Josephte HEBERT

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Children of Joseph LABONTE and Josephte CHARTIER:

Joseph LABONTE (b.27 July 1830, Napierville, Lower Canada d. 1 April 1899, Napierville, Québec, Canada )
m. Emilie FONTAINE 27 February 1854 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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1806 Birth
16 April 1806
Québec Province, Canada

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

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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LABONTE and Josephte CHARTIER 10 October 1829, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

He was 23 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Joseph LABONTE was born 27 July 1830, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Joseph was 24 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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Joseph LABONTE married 27 February 1854, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard) to Emilie FONTAINE

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.