Georges-Hilaire GILBERT

(b. 13 January 1793 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 2 July 1872 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Georges-Hilaire GILBERT was born 13 January 1793 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Georges-Hilaire GILBERT was the child of David GILBERT and Marie-Luce SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GILBERT and Marie-Angélique DUFOUR (maternal) Louis-Henri SIMARD and Felicite BOIVIN

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

Georges-Hilaire married Felicite TREMBLAY 13 May 1813 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Felicite TREMBLAY was born 1 May 1795 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Felicite died 17 October 1851 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Felicite was the child of Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Felicite SIMARD.

Georges-Hilaire GILBERT died 2 July 1872 in Chicoutimi, 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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Georges-Hilaire GILBERT married

Felicite TREMBLAY-- Date: 13 May 1813 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Felicite TREMBLAY was the child of Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Felicite SIMARD

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Children of Georges-Hilaire GILBERT and Felicite TREMBLAY:

Marie-Flore GILBERT (b.1 March 1814, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. abt. 1900, )
m. Roger LAVOIE 17 May 1836 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie GILBERT (b.7 April 1816, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 24 April 1887, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

Madeleine GILBERT (b.21 May 1817, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 17 November 1873, La Baie, Québec, Canada )

Felicite GILBERT (b.14 August 1822, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 12 April 1847, La Baie, Canada East )

Georges GILBERT (b.15 January 1824, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph GILBERT (b.7 October 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 9 November 1881, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

Angele GILBERT (b.abt. 1828, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Claire GILBERT (b.15 February 1831, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )

Hyppolite GILBERT (b.22 April 1833, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 19 September 1833, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )

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1793 Birth
13 January 1793
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Georges-Hilaire GILBERT and Felicite TREMBLAY 13 May 1813, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 20 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Marie-Flore GILBERT was born 1 March 1814, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Georges-Hilaire was 21 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Marie GILBERT was born 7 April 1816, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Georges-Hilaire was 23 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Madeleine GILBERT was born 21 May 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Georges-Hilaire was 24 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Felicite GILBERT was born 14 August 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Georges-Hilaire was 29 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Georges GILBERT was born 15 January 1824, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Georges-Hilaire was 31 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Joseph GILBERT was born 7 October 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Georges-Hilaire was 33 years old.

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

1831 Birth of Child
Claire GILBERT was born 15 February 1831, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Georges-Hilaire was 38 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Hyppolite GILBERT was born 22 April 1833, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Georges-Hilaire was 40 years old.

1836 Marriage of Child
Marie-Flore GILBERT married 17 May 1836, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Roger LAVOIE

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)

1847 Death of Child
Felicite GILBERT died 12 April 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Georges-Hilaire was 54 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Death of Spouse/Partner
Felicite TREMBLAY died 17 October 1851, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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.