Jean-Baptiste DUMAS

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11 September 1772 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

19 June 1850 , Saint-Jude, Canada East

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Nicolas DUMAS Marie-Anne FORTIER

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Born: 11 September 1772 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Nicolas DUMAS

Mother: Marie-Anne FORTIER

Paternal grandparents: François DUMAS , Marie-Jeanne ROULEAU

Maternal grandparents: Louis FORTIER , Elisabeth FONTAINE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Amable DUFAULT 23 September 1793 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable DUFAULT was born 23 June 1775 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Amable was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUFAULT and Marie-Amable AMIEL dite LUSIGNAN.

Jean-Baptiste DUMAS died 19 June 1850 in Saint-Jude, Canada East.
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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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Marie-Amable DUFAULT
Marriage date: 23 September 1793
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Marie-Amable DUFAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUFAULT and Marie-Amable AMIEL dite LUSIGNAN

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Jean-Baptiste DUMAS

Born: 22 December 1799, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Paule-Hypolite LABOSSIERE 30 September 1822 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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Birth — 1772
11 September 1772
Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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)

1793 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DUMAS and Marie-Amable DUFAULT 23 September 1793, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 21 years old.

1799 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUMAS was born 22 December 1799, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

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

1822 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUMAS married 30 September 1822, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Paule-Hypolite LABOSSIERE

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)