Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE

(b. 4 February 1799 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 18 August 1872 , Farnham, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE was born 4 February 1799 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE was the child of François BESSETTE (BESSET) and Louise RACINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BESSETTE (BESSET) and Geneviève GABORIAULT dite LAPALME (maternal) Urbain RACINE dit CLEMENT and Marie-Jeanne DAUPHINAIS dite BRUNET

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

Jean-Baptiste married Emilie BOUCHER 10 February 1824 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emilie BOUCHER was born 22 August 1803 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Emilie died 1 May 1853 in Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham). Emilie was the child of Joseph BOUCHER and Marie-Anne LAREAU.

Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE died 18 August 1872 in Farnham, 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 BESSETTE

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Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE married

Emilie BOUCHER-- Date: 10 February 1824 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Emilie BOUCHER was the child of Joseph BOUCHER and Marie-Anne LAREAU

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE and Emilie BOUCHER:

Marceline BESSETTE (b.abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1886, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. François Hilaire SURPRENANT 7 January 1851 in Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham)

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1799 Birth
4 February 1799
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE and Emilie BOUCHER 10 February 1824, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

He was 25 years old.

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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Marceline BESSETTE married 7 January 1851, Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham) to François Hilaire SURPRENANT

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

1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Emilie BOUCHER died 1 May 1853, Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham)

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.