Marguerite BARABE

Born

18 July 1791 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

2 September 1868 , Lacolle, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Francois BARABE Josephte VANDAL

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Born: 18 July 1791 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Francois BARABE

Mother: Josephte VANDAL

Paternal grandparents: Joseph BARABÉ , Louise RICHER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-Mathieu VANDAL , Angélique AUGER

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Marguerite married Jacques BLAIN 24 October 1814 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques BLAIN was born 7 January 1787 in Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada . Jacques was the child of Jacques BLAIN and Apolline-Marguerite DARAGON dite LAFRANCE.

Marguerite BARABE died 2 September 1868 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada .
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Marguerite BARABE married

Jacques BLAIN
Marriage date: 24 October 1814
Marriage place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Jacques BLAIN was the child of Jacques BLAIN and Apolline-Marguerite DARAGON dite LAFRANCE

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Children of Jacques BLAIN and Marguerite BARABE

Josephte BLAIN

Born: 5 December 1831, Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada
Died: 22 January 1920, Lacolle, Québec, Canada

Married: Abraham MARTEL 23 November 1857 Place: Lacolle, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1791
18 July 1791
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1814 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BARABE and Jacques BLAIN 24 October 1814, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

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

1831 Birth of Child
Josephte BLAIN was born 5 December 1831, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 40 years old.

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Josephte BLAIN married 23 November 1857, Lacolle, Canada East to Abraham MARTEL

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.