Benoni-Basile PILON

(b. 13 February 1821 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada d. 22 May 1871 , Lanoraie, Québec, Canada )

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Benoni-Basile PILON was born 13 February 1821 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Benoni-Basile PILON was the child of Jean-Baptiste PILON and Françoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PILON and Marie-Louise RIEL dite L'IRLANDE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste HÉNAULT dit DELORME and Marie-Elisabeth PAGÉ

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Benoni-Basile married Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 16 February 1852 in Lanoraie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 21 August 1829 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Seraphine died 16 December 1874 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Seraphine was the child of Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Angélique COLIN (COLLIN) dite LALIBERTE.

Benoni-Basile PILON died 22 May 1871 in Lanoraie, 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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Benoni-Basile PILON married

Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE-- Date: 16 February 1852 Place: Lanoraie, Canada East
Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was the child of Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Angélique COLIN (COLLIN) dite LALIBERTE

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Children of Benoni-Basile PILON and Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE:

Alphonsine PILON (b.29 October 1852, Lanoraie, Canada East d. 28 January 1932, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada )

Delphis (Dolphis) PILON (b.30 September 1864, Lanoraie, Canada East d. , )

Alexandrina PILON (b.23 September 1868, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada d. , )

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1821 Birth
13 February 1821
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Benoni-Basile PILON and Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 16 February 1852, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 31 years old.

1852 Birth of Child
Alphonsine PILON was born 29 October 1852, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Benoni-Basile was 31 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)

1864 Birth of Child
Delphis (Dolphis) PILON was born 30 September 1864, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Benoni-Basile was 43 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

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

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

1868 Birth of Child
Alexandrina PILON was born 23 September 1868, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Benoni-Basile was 47 years old.