Basilisse BOIS

(b. 13 October 1805 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. 6 October 1876 , Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Québec, Canada )

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Basilisse BOIS was born 13 October 1805 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Basilisse BOIS was the child of Francois BOIS and Veronique DUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne BOIS and Marie-Veronique MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DUBE and Veronique FOURNIER

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

Basilisse married Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT 4 February 1823 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 13 December 1795 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Pierre died abt. 1878 in Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marguerite BELANGER.

Basilisse BOIS died 6 October 1876 in Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, 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 Basilisse BOIS

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Basilisse BOIS married

Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT-- Date: 4 February 1823 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was the child of Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marguerite BELANGER

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Children of Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Basilisse BOIS:

Jean-Marie DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE (b.18 January 1829, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Alvina PELLETIER 10 January 1860 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

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1805 Birth
13 October 1805
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Basilisse BOIS and Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT 4 February 1823, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

She was 17 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)

1829 Birth of Child
Jean-Marie DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was born 18 January 1829, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Basilisse was 23 years old.

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.

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Jean-Marie DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE married 10 January 1860, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada to Alvina PELLETIER

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.