Francois BLOUIN

Born

25 June 1822 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Died

16 September 1898 , Laurierville, Québec, Canada

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Emery BLOUIN Marie AUDIBERT dite LAJEUNESSE

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Born: 25 June 1822 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Father: Emery BLOUIN

Mother: Marie AUDIBERT dite LAJEUNESSE

Paternal grandparents: Rene BLOUIN , Marie-Genevieve THERRIEN

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Noel AUDIBERT dit LAJEUNESSE , Marguerite CURODEAU

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Francois married Cecile BLOUIN 11 February 1851 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Cecile BLOUIN was born 18 March 1825 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . Cecile died 15 January 1884 in Laurierville, Québec, Canada . Cecile was the child of Jean BLOUIN and Marguerite TURCOTTE.

Francois BLOUIN died 16 September 1898 in Laurierville, Québec, Canada .

m. Blouin Cecile
m. Rate Marie-Anne

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Cecile BLOUIN
Marriage date: 11 February 1851
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East
Cecile BLOUIN was the child of Jean BLOUIN and Marguerite TURCOTTE

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Children of Francois BLOUIN and Cecile BLOUIN

Francois BLOUIN

Born: 30 October 1854, Laurierville, Canada East
Died: ,

Odile BLOUIN

Born: 25 June 1856, Laurierville, Canada East
Died: ,

Cesarie BLOUIN

Born: 11 July 1861, Laurierville, Canada East
Died: 19 March 1899, Laurierville, Québec, Canada

Adele BLOUIN

Born: 18 October 1862, Laurierville, Canada East
Died: 13 December 1930, St-Désiré-de-Black Lake, Canada

Clara-Marie-Cecile BLOUIN

Born: abt. 1885, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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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 — 1822
25 June 1822
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Francois BLOUIN and Cecile BLOUIN 11 February 1851 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 28 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Francois BLOUIN was born 30 October 1854, Laurierville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Julie-de-Somerset)

Francois was 32 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Odile BLOUIN was born 25 June 1856, Laurierville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Julie-de-Somerset)

Francois was 34 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

1861 Birth of Child
Cesarie BLOUIN was born 11 July 1861, Laurierville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Julie-de-Somerset)

Francois was 39 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Adele BLOUIN was born 18 October 1862, Laurierville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Julie-de-Somerset)

Francois was 40 years old.

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.