Jacques METRAS

Born

3 September 1806 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

3 September 1851 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East

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Jacques METRAS Marie-Josephe COMPAIN

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Born: 3 September 1806 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Father: Jacques METRAS

Mother: Marie-Josephe COMPAIN

Paternal grandparents: Joseph METRAS , Louise DUBORD dite CLERMONT

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste COMPAIN dit L'ESPERANCE , Marie-Louise LEDOUX

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Jacques married Rosalie TREMBLAY 22 November 1830 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Rosalie TREMBLAY was born 23 August 1812 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Rosalie died 2 January 1907 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand). Rosalie was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marie-Catherine GIROUX.

Jacques METRAS died 3 September 1851 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East .
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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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Jacques METRAS married

Rosalie TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 22 November 1830
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Rosalie TREMBLAY was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marie-Catherine GIROUX

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Children of Jacques METRAS and Rosalie TREMBLAY

Rosalie METRAS

Born: abt. 1831, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Mathilde METRAS

Born: abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 3 February 1906, Bedford, Québec, Canada

Hermine METRAS

Born: 29 September 1843, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 10 January 1910, Drummondville, Québec, Canada

Damase METRAS

Born: 6 June 1847, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 9 March 1925, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1806
3 September 1806
La Prairie, 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 Marriage / Partner
Jacques METRAS and Rosalie TREMBLAY 22 November 1830, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Hermine METRAS was born 29 September 1843, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand)

Jacques was 37 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Damase METRAS was born 6 June 1847, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jacques was 40 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)