Basile THEORET

(b. 11 July 1808 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada d. 5 April 1883 , Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada )

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Basile THEORET was born 11 July 1808 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

Basile THEORET was the child of Jacques-Amable THEORET and Marguerite LEGAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-Amable THEORET and Louise BARBARY dite GRANDMAISON (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Suzanne CARDINAL

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

Basile married Anastasie CLAUDE 13 January 1834 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Anastasie CLAUDE was born 31 October 1818 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Anastasie died 23 January 1906 in Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville). Anastasie was the child of Joseph CLAUDE and Ursule LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS.

Basile THEORET died 5 April 1883 in Saint-Eustache, 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 Basile THEORET

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Basile THEORET married

Anastasie CLAUDE-- Date: 13 January 1834 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada
Anastasie CLAUDE was the child of Joseph CLAUDE and Ursule LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS

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Children of Basile THEORET and Anastasie CLAUDE:

Joseph-Glorifie THEORET (b.30 November 1834, Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada d. 17 May 1898, Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada )
m. Apolline CASAL dite GIRARDEAU 7 March 1859 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Marie THEORET (b.1 April 1847, Ile-Bizard, Canada East d. 30 March 1926, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Gedeon LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS 25 September 1865

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1808 Birth
11 July 1808
Sainte-Geneviève, 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

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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Basile THEORET and Anastasie CLAUDE 13 January 1834, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 25 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Joseph-Glorifie THEORET was born 30 November 1834, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Basile was 26 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie THEORET was born 1 April 1847, Ile-Bizard, Québec, Canada

Basile was 38 years old.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Glorifie THEORET married 7 March 1859, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada to Apolline CASAL dite GIRARDEAU

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.