Jean-Baptiste LEFORT

Born

15 September 1795 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

12 January 1882 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Father: Louis LEFORTMother: Theotiste VIGNOLA View parent relationships

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Born: 15 September 1795 in Sorel, Lower Canada

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Father

Louis LEFORT

Mother

Theotiste VIGNOLA

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Paternal grandparents

Louis LEFORT Catherine PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO)

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Louis VIGNOLA Marie-Catherine MANDEVILLE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE 15 October 1822 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE was born 3 July 1790 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite died 10 January 1876 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Michel GAUTHIER dit DELISLE and Catherine HUS COURNOYER.

Jean-Baptiste LEFORT died 12 January 1882 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste LEFORT

Jean-Baptiste LEFORT married

Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE
Marriage date: 15 October 1822
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE was the child of Michel GAUTHIER dit DELISLE and Catherine HUS COURNOYER

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LEFORT and Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

Justine (Christine) LEFORT

Born: 18 November 1825, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 5 December 1903, St-Joseph, Sorel, Quebec, Canada

Married: Felix CAPLET 7 November 1848 Place: Sorel, Canada East

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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 — 1795
15 September 1795
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEFORT and Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE 15 October 1822, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 27 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Justine (Christine) LEFORT was born 18 November 1825, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Justine (Christine) LEFORT married 7 November 1848, Sorel, Canada East to Felix CAPLET

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.