flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  SALVAIL

  (b. 23 April 1840 Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 26 December 1874 Sorel, Québec, Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL was born 23 April 1840 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL was the child of Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL   and   Françoise HUS-LATRAVERSE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre SALVAIL and Marie-Josephe LAVALLÉE (maternal)  Pierre HUS-LATRAVERSE and Catherine GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Marie-Elmire GADBOIS 4 February 1862 in Sorel, Canada East .  Marie-Elmire GADBOIS  was born 7 October 1841 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Marie-Elmire died 10 August 1889 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Marie-Elmire was the child of Theophile VANDENDAIGUE dit GADBOIS and Sophie HUS COURNOYER.

Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL died 26 December 1874 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL married flag female ancestor Marie-Elmire GADBOIS-- Date: 4 February 1862 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Marie-Elmire GADBOIS was the child of Theophile VANDENDAIGUE dit GADBOIS and Sophie HUS COURNOYER




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birth1840 Birth
23 April 1840
Sorel, Lower Canada
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1862 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL and Marie-Elmire GADBOIS 4 February 1862, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 21 years old.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1874 Death
26 December 1874
Sorel, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 34.
Added: 11/2/2020 10:40:03 AM - Updated: 4/3/2025 4:55:55 PM

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