Gedeon BOITEAU

(b. 13 March 1812 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 19 April 1890 , Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada )

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Gedeon BOITEAU was born 13 March 1812 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Gedeon BOITEAU was the child of Jacques BOITEAU and Archange BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BOITEAU and Marie-Josette-Marguerite MIGNERON (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BERGERON and Marie-Louise BEAUDRY

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

Gedeon married Marie-Anne THIBAULT 18 October 1842 in Saint-Aimé, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Anne THIBAULT was born 7 June 1812 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph-Marie THIBAULT and Marguerite PLOUFFE.

Gedeon BOITEAU died 19 April 1890 in Saint-Aimé, 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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Family and Children of Gedeon BOITEAU

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Gedeon BOITEAU married

Marie-Anne THIBAULT-- Date: 18 October 1842 Place: Saint-Aimé, Canada East
Marie-Anne THIBAULT was the child of Joseph-Marie THIBAULT and Marguerite PLOUFFE

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Children of Gedeon BOITEAU and Marie-Anne THIBAULT:

Jean-Jacques BOITEAU (b.5 August 1843, Saint-Aimé, Canada East d. 27 February 1917, St-Louis, Quebec, Canada)

Marie BOITEAU (b.21 October 1845, Saint-Aimé, Canada East d. , )

Marcelline BOITEAU (b.abt. 1848, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Paul-Leon BOITEAU (b.25 December 1850, Saint-Aimé, Canada East d. , )
m. Emilie ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) 21 October 1873 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Angele BOITEAU (b.31 May 1856, Saint-Aimé, Canada East d. , )

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1812 Birth
13 March 1812
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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)

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Gedeon BOITEAU and Marie-Anne THIBAULT 18 October 1842, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

He was 30 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Jean-Jacques BOITEAU was born 5 August 1843, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Gedeon was 31 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie BOITEAU was born 21 October 1845, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Gedeon was 33 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Paul-Leon BOITEAU was born 25 December 1850, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Gedeon was 38 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.

1856 Birth of Child
Angele BOITEAU was born 31 May 1856, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Gedeon was 44 years old.

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.