Jean-Baptiste LEMIEUX

Born

abt. 1782 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

12 January 1870 , Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

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Guillaume LEMIEUX Marguerite DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE

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Born: abt. 1782 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Guillaume LEMIEUX

Mother: Marguerite DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume LEMIEUX , Louise MARCOUX

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Chrysostome ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT , Angelique RICHARD

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite LEREAU (L'HERAULT) 11 January 1808 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LEREAU (L'HERAULT) was born 14 September 1790 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marguerite was the child of Pierre LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Angélique LAMOUREUX.

Jean-Baptiste LEMIEUX died 12 January 1870 in Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada.

m. L'Herault Marguerite

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean-Baptiste LEMIEUX married

Marguerite LEREAU (L'HERAULT)
Marriage date: 11 January 1808
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Marguerite LEREAU (L'HERAULT) was the child of Pierre LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Angélique LAMOUREUX

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LEMIEUX and Marguerite LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

Sophie LEMIEUX

Born: 8 May 1820, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 15 January 1905, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Joseph CASAULT 18 February 1840 Place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

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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)

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

1808 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEMIEUX and Marguerite LEREAU (L'HERAULT) 11 January 1808, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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

1820 Birth of Child
Sophie LEMIEUX was born 8 May 1820, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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 of Child
Sophie LEMIEUX married 18 February 1840, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska) to Joseph CASAULT

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.

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.