Esther BIBEAU

(b. 29 June 1818 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 18 September 1882 , St-Pie-de-Guire, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada )

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Esther BIBEAU was born 29 June 1818 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Esther BIBEAU was the child of François-Xavier BIBEAU and Catherine SALVAIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François-Xavier BIBEAU and Marguerite CARTIER (maternal) Joseph SALVAIL and Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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

Esther married Joseph ST-GERMAIN 4 August 1840 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph ST-GERMAIN was born abt. 1814 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 26 June 1904 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska). Joseph was the child of Louis ST-GERMAIN and Marguerite PETRIN.

Esther BIBEAU died 18 September 1882 in St-Pie-de-Guire, Yamaska, Quebec, 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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Esther BIBEAU married

Joseph ST-GERMAIN-- Date: 4 August 1840 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Joseph ST-GERMAIN was the child of Louis ST-GERMAIN and Marguerite PETRIN

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Children of Joseph ST-GERMAIN and Esther BIBEAU:

Benoni ST-GERMAIN (b.12 April 1850, Saint-David, Canada East d. , )

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1818 Birth
29 June 1818
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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)

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Esther BIBEAU and Joseph ST-GERMAIN 4 August 1840, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 22 years old.

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Benoni ST-GERMAIN was born 12 April 1850, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

Esther was 31 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.