Jovite BERGERON

(b. 24 January 1821 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 29 February 1892 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Jovite BERGERON was born 24 January 1821 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Jovite BERGERON was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERGERON and Marie-Claire BOIVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Louis BERGERON and Marie-Josephte DURETTE (maternal) Louis BOIVIN and Marie-Felicite TREMBLAY

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Jovite married Domithilde GAGNON 27 January 1846 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Domithilde GAGNON was born 24 November 1826 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Domithilde died 26 May 1904 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Domithilde was the child of Gregoire GAGNON and Helene ROCHEFORT dite LURET.

Jovite BERGERON died 29 February 1892 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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Jovite BERGERON married

Domithilde GAGNON-- Date: 27 January 1846 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Domithilde GAGNON was the child of Gregoire GAGNON and Helene ROCHEFORT dite LURET

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Children of Jovite BERGERON and Domithilde GAGNON:

Marie-Josephine BERGERON (b.3 December 1848, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. , )
m. Prosper TREMBLAY 2 February 1869 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Virginie BERGERON (b.5 October 1850, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 22 October 1913, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Thomas TREMBLAY 9 January 1877 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1821 Birth
24 January 1821
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Jovite BERGERON and Domithilde GAGNON 27 January 1846, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 25 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephine BERGERON was born 3 December 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jovite was 27 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Virginie BERGERON was born 5 October 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jovite was 29 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephine BERGERON married 2 February 1869, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Prosper TREMBLAY

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Marriage of Child
Virginie BERGERON married 9 January 1877, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Thomas TREMBLAY

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada