Henri Benoni MELANSON

(b. 13 May 1778 , Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 10 October 1875 , Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Henri Benoni MELANSON was born 13 May 1778 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Henri Benoni MELANSON was the child of Amand MELANSON and Marie Anne LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ambroise MELANSON and Marguerite COMEAU (maternal) Etienne LEBLANC and Elisabeth BOUDROT

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Henri Benoni married Rosalie DOUCET 13 May 1800 in Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rosalie DOUCET was born 13 April 1783 in St. Mary's Bay, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Rosalie died 10 October 1875 Rosalie was the child of Pierre DOUCET and Marie Marguerite LEBLANC.

Henri Benoni MELANSON died 10 October 1875 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Henri Benoni MELANSON married

Rosalie DOUCET-- Date: 13 May 1800 Place: Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Rosalie DOUCET was the child of Pierre DOUCET and Marie Marguerite LEBLANC

Children of Henri Benoni MELANSON and Rosalie DOUCET:

Rose Henriette MELANSON (b.4 August 1825, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph THIBAULT 1845

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1778 Birth
13 May 1778
Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1800 Marriage / Partner
Henri Benoni MELANSON and Rosalie DOUCET 13 May 1800, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook)

He was 22 years old.

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)

1825 Birth of Child
Rose Henriette MELANSON was born 4 August 1825, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook)

Henri Benoni was 47 years old.

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)

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

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.