Marie-Francoise FONTAINE

(b. 14 December 1763 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 December 1844 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East )

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Marie-Francoise FONTAINE was born 14 December 1763 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Francoise FONTAINE was the child of Louis FONTAINE and Élisabeth-Isabelle HUARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne FONTAINE and Marie-Madeleine FOURNIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste HUARD and Angélique JOURDAIN

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Marie-Francoise married Jean-Baptiste BLAIS 12 October 1778 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Jean-Baptiste BLAIS was born 6 October 1754 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 19 June 1829 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Charlotte LEBLONDE (LEBLOND).

Marie-Francoise FONTAINE died 21 December 1844 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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-Francoise FONTAINE married

Jean-Baptiste BLAIS-- Date: 12 October 1778 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste BLAIS was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Charlotte LEBLONDE (LEBLOND)

Children of Jean-Baptiste BLAIS and Marie-Francoise FONTAINE:

Joseph-Marie BLAIS (b.24 June 1785, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 August 1854, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada East )

Jean-Baptiste BLAIS (b.abt. 1789, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Anne BLAIS (b.28 May 1792, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie-Anne BLAIS (b.28 May 1792, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada d. 27 July 1829, Montmagny, Lower Canada )

Felix-Jean BLAIS (b.abt. 1805, , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 December 1840, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)

Julie BLAIS (b.abt. 1806, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1763 Birth
14 December 1763
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Francoise FONTAINE and Jean-Baptiste BLAIS 12 October 1778 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

She was 14 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie BLAIS was born 24 June 1785, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Marie-Francoise was 21 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BLAIS was born 28 May 1792, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Marie-Francoise was 28 years old.

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

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

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)

1829 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste BLAIS died 19 June 1829, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

1829 Death of Child
Marie-Anne BLAIS died 27 July 1829, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Francoise was 65 years old.

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 Death of Child
Felix-Jean BLAIS died 19 December 1840, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Marie-Francoise was 77 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)

1844 Death
21 December 1844
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East

She died at the age of 81.

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