Jean-Baptiste BELEC

Born

21 August 1780 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

4 October 1852 , Sainte-Julienne, Canada East

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste BELEC

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Born: 21 August 1780 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Jean-Baptiste BELEC

Father

Antoine BELEC

Mother

Elisabeth GUILDRY

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste BELEC

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste BELEC Marie-Madeleine JANSON dite LAPALME

Maternal grandparents

Jean Baptiste GUILDRY dit LABINE Marguerite PICOTE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Anne VINCENT 26 January 1818 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Anne VINCENT was born abt. 1783 in Québec Province, Canada. Anne was the child of Antoine VINCENT and Louise-Ursule LEMIRE dite MARSOLAIS.

Jean-Baptiste BELEC died 4 October 1852 in Sainte-Julienne, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste BELEC

Jean-Baptiste BELEC married

Anne VINCENT
Marriage date: 26 January 1818
Marriage place: Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Anne VINCENT was the child of Antoine VINCENT and Louise-Ursule LEMIRE dite MARSOLAIS

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste BELEC and Anne VINCENT

Jean-Baptiste BELEC

Born: 7 January 1819, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Lucie BELEC

Born: 21 September 1823, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Died: ,

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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 — 1780
21 August 1780
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BELEC and Anne VINCENT 26 January 1818, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

He was 37 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BELEC was born 7 January 1819, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Lucie BELEC was born 21 September 1823, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

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)