Hilaire BOIVIN

(b. 14 January 1797 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 28 March 1879 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Hilaire BOIVIN was born 14 January 1797 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Hilaire BOIVIN was the child of Louis BOIVIN and Marie-Felicite TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marc BOIVIN and Elisabeth TREMBLAY (maternal) Godefroy TREMBLAY and Marie-Felicite LAJOIE

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

Hilaire married Charlotte BERGERON 24 February 1824 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte BERGERON was born 21 October 1800 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Charlotte died 11 January 1886 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Charlotte was the child of Joseph-Louis BERGERON and Marie-Josephte DURETTE.

Hilaire BOIVIN died 28 March 1879 in Les Éboulements, 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
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Hilaire BOIVIN married

Charlotte BERGERON-- Date: 24 February 1824 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Charlotte BERGERON was the child of Joseph-Louis BERGERON and Marie-Josephte DURETTE

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Children of Hilaire BOIVIN and Charlotte BERGERON:

Demerise BOIVIN (b.7 December 1838, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 27 July 1920, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Damase TREMBLAY 6 July 1857 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1797 Birth
14 January 1797
Les Éboulements, 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
Hilaire BOIVIN and Charlotte BERGERON 24 February 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 27 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

1838 Birth of Child
Demerise BOIVIN was born 7 December 1838, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Hilaire was 41 years old.

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Demerise BOIVIN married 6 July 1857, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Damase TREMBLAY

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.