Louis JETTE

(b. abt. 1793 , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 May 1871 , Repentigny, Québec, Canada )

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Louis JETTE was born abt. 1793 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis JETTE was the child of Michel-Amable JETTE and Marie-Louise BARBIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul-Amable JETTE and Marguerite RIVET (maternal) Louis BARBIER and Marie-Genevieve GENEREUX

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

Louis married Sophie GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE 27 October 1845 in Repentigny, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE was born 15 June 1818 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Sophie was the child of François GAUTHIER and Marie-Louise DEGUIRE dite LAROSE.

Louis JETTE died 19 May 1871 in Repentigny, 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.

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Louis JETTE married

Sophie GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE-- Date: 27 October 1845 Place: Repentigny, Canada East
Sophie GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE was the child of François GAUTHIER and Marie-Louise DEGUIRE dite LAROSE

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Children of Louis JETTE and Sophie GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE:

Urgel JETTE (b.17 December 1854, Repentigny, Canada East d. , )
m. Olive-Philomene-Marie ÉTHIER 7 September 1880

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

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 / Partner
Louis JETTE and Sophie GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE 27 October 1845, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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.

1854 Birth of Child
Urgel JETTE was born 17 December 1854, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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.