Jacques BLAIS

Born

25 May 1816 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Died

16 March 1897 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Age: 80
Cause of Death: Vieillesse

Parents & Family of Jacques BLAIS

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Born: 25 May 1816 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Parents of Jacques BLAIS

Father

Jacques BLAIS

Mother

Elisabeth LETOURNEAU

Grandparents of Jacques BLAIS

Paternal grandparents

Andre BLAIS Marie BELANGER

Maternal grandparents

Joseph LETOURNEAU Marguerite DENIS dite LAPIERRE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jacques married Hermine-Vitaline BLAIS 27 May 1845 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hermine-Vitaline BLAIS was born 31 July 1828 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada. Hermine-Vitaline died 24 September 1904 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Hermine-Vitaline was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Euphrosine BLANCHETTE.

Jacques BLAIS died 16 March 1897 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada.
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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jacques BLAIS

Jacques BLAIS married

Hermine-Vitaline BLAIS
Marriage date: 27 May 1845
Marriage place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East
Hermine-Vitaline BLAIS was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Euphrosine BLANCHETTE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Jacques BLAIS and Hermine-Vitaline BLAIS

Aglaé BLAIS

Born: 8 March 1858, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East
Died: 26 September 1935, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Married: Cléophas GAGNON 28 January 1890 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Jacques's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Birth — 1816
25 May 1816
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BLAIS and Hermine-Vitaline BLAIS 27 May 1845, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Aglaé BLAIS was born 8 March 1858, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Jacques was 41 years old.

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.