Benoni TARDIF

(b. 20 February 1797 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 16 May 1872 , St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada )

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Benoni TARDIF was born 20 February 1797 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Benoni TARDIF was the child of Etienne TARDIF and Marie-Euphrosine CHORET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne TARDIF and Marie-Catherine NADEAU (maternal) Francois CHORET and Marie-Regis AUTIN

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

Benoni married Felicite BEAULIEU 20 June 1822 in Cacouna, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite BEAULIEU was born 15 February 1795 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Felicite died 6 February 1892 in St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. Felicite was the child of Joseph BEAULIEU and Marie Agathe BERGERON D'AMBOISE.

Benoni TARDIF died 16 May 1872 in St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, 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 TARDIF married

Felicite BEAULIEU-- Date: 20 June 1822 Place: Cacouna, Lower Canada
Felicite BEAULIEU was the child of Joseph BEAULIEU and Marie Agathe BERGERON D'AMBOISE

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Children of Benoni TARDIF and Felicite BEAULIEU:

Benoni TARDIF (b.abt. 1822, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Mathilde PELLETIER 3 February 1846 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

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1797 Birth
20 February 1797
Kamouraska, 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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Benoni TARDIF and Felicite BEAULIEU 20 June 1822, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

He was 25 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)

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Benoni TARDIF married 3 February 1846, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada to Mathilde PELLETIER

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.

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.