Joseph LANGLAIS

Born

10 November 1788 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

10 December 1875 , Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteilllerie, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

Joseph married Celeste ROY dite DESJARDINS 6 February 1815 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Celeste ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 1 February 1798 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Celeste died 26 June 1892 in St-Denis, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. Celeste was the child of Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Louise GAGNON .

Parents & Family of Joseph LANGLAIS

Parents of Joseph LANGLAIS

Father

Joseph LANGLAIS dit SERIEN

Mother

Marie-Anne MARTIN

Grandparents of Joseph LANGLAIS

Paternal grandparents

Jean-François LANGLAIS Marie-Josephe HUDON

Maternal grandparents

Jean MARTIN dit LEFRANCOIS Marie-Geneviève MICHAUD

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph LANGLAIS

Joseph LANGLAIS married

Celeste ROY dite DESJARDINS
Marriage date: 6 February 1815
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Celeste ROY dite DESJARDINS was the child of Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Louise GAGNON

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

Children of Joseph LANGLAIS and Celeste ROY dite DESJARDINS

François LANGLAIS

Born: 28 February 1834, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 30 December 1901, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Sophie ROY 17 June 1862

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1788
10 November 1788
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1815 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LANGLAIS and Celeste ROY dite DESJARDINS 6 February 1815, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 26 years old.

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

1834 Birth of Child
François LANGLAIS was born 28 February 1834, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph was 45 years old.

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)

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.