Henriette MELANSON

(b. 15 January 1777 , New Brunswick, Canada d. 17 February 1868 , Saint-Anselme, Dieppe, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Henriette MELANSON was born 15 January 1777 in New Brunswick, Canada

Henriette MELANSON was the child of Jean Dit Janne MELANSON and Ursule Modeste FOREST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MELANSON and Marie Josephe GRANGER (maternal) Charles FOREST and Marie CHIASSON

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Henriette married Pierre BABIN abt. 1795 in Franklin Manor 22, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre BABIN was born 22 February 1775 in Memoudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre BABIN and Madeleine BOURG (BOURQUE).

Henriette MELANSON died 17 February 1868 in Saint-Anselme, Dieppe, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Henriette MELANSON married

Pierre BABIN-- Date: abt. 1795 Place: Franklin Manor 22, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Pierre BABIN was the child of Pierre BABIN and Madeleine BOURG (BOURQUE)

Children of Pierre BABIN and Henriette MELANSON:

Joseph BABIN (b.20 March 1820, Minudie, Nova Scotia, Canada d. , )
m. Elisabeth Isabella BRUN (BRIEN) 1854

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1777 Birth
15 January 1777
New Brunswick, 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)

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

1820 Birth of Child
Joseph BABIN was born 20 March 1820, Minudie, Nova Scotia, Canada

Henriette was 43 years old.

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)

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.