Michel BLANCHARD

(b. 26 May 1787 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 May 1872 , Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada )

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Michel BLANCHARD was born 26 May 1787 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel BLANCHARD was the child of Michel BLANCHARD dit TURENNE and Marie-Madeleine CHALU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace BLANCHARD dit TURENNE and Marie-Louise FONTAINE (maternal) Michel CHALUT and Marie-Anne JARRET dite BEAUREGARD

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

Michel married Monique DECELLES dite DUCLOS 8 November 1814 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Monique DECELLES dite DUCLOS was born 21 January 1790 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Monique was the child of Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Françoise GUILMAIN.

Michel BLANCHARD died 20 May 1872 in Saint-Liboire, Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Michel BLANCHARD married

Monique DECELLES dite DUCLOS-- Date: 8 November 1814 Place: La Présentation, Lower Canada
Monique DECELLES dite DUCLOS was the child of Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Françoise GUILMAIN

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Children of Michel BLANCHARD and Monique DECELLES dite DUCLOS:

Monique BLANCHARD (b.24 August 1815, La Présentation, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Alexis CASAVANT 30 September 1845 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

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1787 Birth
26 May 1787
Verchères, 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)

1814 Marriage / Partner
Michel BLANCHARD and Monique DECELLES dite DUCLOS 8 November 1814, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

He was 27 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Monique BLANCHARD was born 24 August 1815, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Michel was 28 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

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Monique BLANCHARD married 30 September 1845, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada to Alexis CASAVANT

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.