Jean CRESSE

(b. 13 September 1794 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada d. 16 October 1879 , Nicolet, Québec, Canada )

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Jean CRESSE was born 13 September 1794 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Jean CRESSE was the child of Pierre-Michel CRESSE and Marie FAFARD dite LAFRAMBOISE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Pierre CRESSE dit COURVAL and Charlotte-Louise DUMONT dite LAMBERT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste FAFARD dit LAFRAMBOISE and Marguerite CHATELAIN

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

Jean married Louise BEAUBIEN 30 January 1826 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise BEAUBIEN was born 27 May 1796 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Louise died 17 January 1871 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Louise was the child of Joseph BEAUBIEN and Marie-Antoinette CARBONNEAU.

Jean CRESSE died 16 October 1879 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Jean CRESSE was a Capitaine de Milice.

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 Jean CRESSE

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Jean CRESSE married

Louise BEAUBIEN-- Date: 30 January 1826 Place: Nicolet, Lower Canada
Louise BEAUBIEN was the child of Joseph BEAUBIEN and Marie-Antoinette CARBONNEAU

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Children of Jean CRESSE and Louise BEAUBIEN:

Elise CRESSE (b.5 March 1832, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 24 November 1918, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Canada)
m. Onesime GEOFFROY 8 January 1853 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1794 Birth
13 September 1794
Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

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

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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Jean CRESSE and Louise BEAUBIEN 30 January 1826, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 31 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

1832 Birth of Child
Elise CRESSE was born 5 March 1832, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Jean was 37 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)

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

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Elise CRESSE married 8 January 1853, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Onesime GEOFFROY

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.