Marguerite PLANTE

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8 August 1817 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

5 September 1867 , Saint-David, Canada East

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Ambroise PLANTE Marie-Marguerite COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ

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Born: 8 August 1817 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Ambroise PLANTE

Mother: Marie-Marguerite COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ

Paternal grandparents: Paul PLANTE , Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste COUTURIER , Marie DEGUIRE dite DESROSIERS

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Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD 25 February 1840 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD was born 21 February 1816 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre BLANCHARD and Archange CARTIER.

Marguerite PLANTE died 5 September 1867 in Saint-David, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Marguerite PLANTE married

Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD
Marriage date: 25 February 1840
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD was the child of Pierre BLANCHARD and Archange CARTIER

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Marie Edesse BLANCHARD

Born: 31 March 1842, Saint-David, Canada East
Died: 14 November 1909, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Married: François LACHAPELLE 21 October 1862 Place: Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

Joseph BLANCHARD

Born: 29 September 1848, Saint-Pie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Luce CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE 4 July 1871 Place: Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

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Birth — 1817
8 August 1817
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite PLANTE and Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD 25 February 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

1842 Birth of Child
Marie Edesse BLANCHARD was born 31 March 1842, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

Marguerite was 24 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Joseph BLANCHARD was born 29 September 1848, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 31 years old.

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Marie Edesse BLANCHARD married 21 October 1862, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska) to François LACHAPELLE

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)