Joseph-Cadet PROVENCHER

(b. 18 November 1810 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 6 August 1876 , Plessisville, Mégantic, Canada )

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Joseph-Cadet PROVENCHER was born 18 November 1810 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Joseph-Cadet PROVENCHER was the child of Alexis-Melchior PROVENCHER and Marie-Josephe DESHAIES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles-Louis PROVENCHER and Veronique DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite TOURIGNY (maternal) Ignace DESHAIES and Francoise DESHAIES dite ST-CYR

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

Joseph-Cadet married Victoire LEBLANC 28 February 1832 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Victoire LEBLANC was born 5 December 1809 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Victoire died 22 June 1899 in Plessisville, Canada. Victoire was the child of Alexis LEBLANC and Madeleine-Louise HEBERT.

Joseph-Cadet PROVENCHER died 6 August 1876 in Plessisville, Mégantic, Canada.
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Joseph-Cadet PROVENCHER married

Victoire LEBLANC-- Date: 28 February 1832 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Victoire LEBLANC was the child of Alexis LEBLANC and Madeleine-Louise HEBERT

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Children of Joseph-Cadet PROVENCHER and Victoire LEBLANC:

Joseph PROVENCHER (b.11 March 1833, Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada d. 10 May 1906, Plessisville, Québec, Canada )
m. Eleonore CARIGNAN 23 May 1853 in Plessisville, Québec, Canada (Somerset)

Esdras PROVENCHER (b.22 May 1848, Plessisville, Canada d. 22 March 1941, Laval, Québec, Canada )
m. Celina FORTIER 4 July 1871

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1810 Birth
18 November 1810
Bécancour, Nicolet, 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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Cadet PROVENCHER and Victoire LEBLANC 28 February 1832, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 21 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Joseph PROVENCHER was born 11 March 1833, Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada

Joseph-Cadet was 22 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)

1848 Birth of Child
Esdras PROVENCHER was born 22 May 1848, Plessisville, Canada

Joseph-Cadet was 37 years old.

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Joseph PROVENCHER married 23 May 1853, Plessisville, Québec, Canada (Somerset) to Eleonore CARIGNAN

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.