Jean-Baptiste LOISELLE

(b. 14 September 1795 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 23 February 1872 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LOISELLE was born 14 September 1795 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste LOISELLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LOISEL (LOISELLE) and Françoise DESMARAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Toussaint LOISEL (LOISELLE) and Marie-Louise CÔTÉ (maternal) Pierre-Paul DESMARAIS and Marie-Françoise TRUDEAU

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

Jean-Baptiste married Madeleine DESAUTELS 7 January 1817 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine DESAUTELS was born 10 August 1796 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Madeleine died 1 February 1862 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Madeleine was the child of Jacques DESAUTELS and Madeleine PICHE.

Jean-Baptiste LOISELLE died 23 February 1872 in Québec Province, Canada.
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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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste LOISELLE

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Jean-Baptiste LOISELLE married

Madeleine DESAUTELS-- Date: 7 January 1817 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Madeleine DESAUTELS was the child of Jacques DESAUTELS and Madeleine PICHE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LOISELLE and Madeleine DESAUTELS:

Jacques LOISELLE (b.abt. 1817, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Celeste COTE 31 January 1842 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

Pierre LOISELLE (b.6 January 1822, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 27 February 1907, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada )
m. Modeste-Edesse LETOURNEAU 27 May 1845 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1795 Birth
14 September 1795
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LOISELLE and Madeleine DESAUTELS 7 January 1817, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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

1822 Birth of Child
Pierre LOISELLE was born 6 January 1822, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Jacques LOISELLE married 31 January 1842, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire) to Celeste COTE

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Pierre LOISELLE married 27 May 1845, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Modeste-Edesse LETOURNEAU

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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine DESAUTELS died 1 February 1862, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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.