Hippolyte JEAN

(b. abt. 1824 , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 November 1894 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

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Hippolyte JEAN was born abt. 1824 in Québec Province, Canada

Hippolyte JEAN was the child of Francois JEAN and Marie LACHAUME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie JEAN and Genevieve GONTHIER (maternal) Jean François LACHAUME and Marie-Desanges MARTEL

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

Hippolyte married Adelaide BOUCHARD 10 January 1843 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Adelaide BOUCHARD was born 16 October 1824 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Adelaide died 8 May 1896 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Adelaide was the child of Joseph BOUCHARD and Constance GAUTHIER.

Hippolyte JEAN died 4 November 1894 in La Malbaie, 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 Hippolyte JEAN

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Hippolyte JEAN married

Adelaide BOUCHARD-- Date: 10 January 1843 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Adelaide BOUCHARD was the child of Joseph BOUCHARD and Constance GAUTHIER

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Children of Hippolyte JEAN and Adelaide BOUCHARD:

Marie-Genevieve JEAN (b.29 January 1845, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 16 December 1920, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 3 February 1903 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Priscille JEAN (b.20 March 1853, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East d. 10 April 1936, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Louis-Gonzague TREMBLAY 15 September 1903 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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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

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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Hippolyte JEAN and Adelaide BOUCHARD 10 January 1843, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve JEAN was born 29 January 1845, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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

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

1853 Birth of Child
Priscille JEAN was born 20 March 1853, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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.