Marceline BESSETTE

(b. abt. 1830 , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1886 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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Marceline BESSETTE was born abt. 1830 in Québec Province, Canada

Marceline BESSETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE and Emilie BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BESSETTE (BESSET) and Louise RACINE (maternal) Joseph BOUCHER and Marie-Anne LAREAU

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

Marceline married François Hilaire SURPRENANT 7 January 1851 in Farnham, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François Hilaire SURPRENANT was born abt. 1817 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). François Hilaire died abt. 1903 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville).

Marceline BESSETTE died abt. 1886 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marceline BESSETTE married

François Hilaire SURPRENANT-- Date: 7 January 1851 Place: Farnham, Canada East
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Name: Francois Surprenant
Event Type: Mariage (Marriage)
Marriage Date: 1851
Marriage Place: Farnham, Québec, Canada
Marriage Church: Farnham
Place of Worship or Institution: Methodist Church
Spouse:
Marcelline Besset

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Children of François Hilaire SURPRENANT and Marceline BESSETTE:

Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT (b.8 July 1855, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East d. 10 May 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Joseph ANGER 20 October 1877 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Marceline BESSETTE and François Hilaire SURPRENANT 7 January 1851, Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham)

1851 marriage

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1855 Birth of Child
Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT was born 8 July 1855, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

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

1877 Marriage of Child
Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT married 20 October 1877, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Joseph ANGER

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

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

1881 Death of Child
Marie Marceline Elizabeth SUPRENANT died 10 May 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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

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