Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU

Born

5 February 1776 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

21 September 1868 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada

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Born: 5 February 1776 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU

Father

Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU

Mother

Cecile GOSSELIN

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU

Paternal grandparents

Pierre MATAUT (MATTEAU) Scholastique TOUPIN dite DUSAULT

Maternal grandparents

Guillaume GOSSELIN Marie-Jeanne BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET)

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

Jean-Baptiste married Elisabeth HEBERT 24 January 1803 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth HEBERT was born 2 June 1781 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . Elisabeth died 28 December 1867 in Yamachiche, Canada East . Elisabeth was the child of Joseph HEBERT and Marie-Rose CORRIVEAU.

Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU died 21 September 1868 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU

Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU married

Elisabeth HEBERT
Marriage date: 24 January 1803
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Elisabeth HEBERT was the child of Joseph HEBERT and Marie-Rose CORRIVEAU

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU and Elisabeth HEBERT

Esther MATTEAU

Born: 6 December 1805, Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Died: 12 August 1854, Yamachiche, Canada East

Married: Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE 23 February 1829 Place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada

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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 — 1776
5 February 1776
Yamachiche, 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)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU and Elisabeth HEBERT 24 January 1803, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 26 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Esther MATTEAU was born 6 December 1805, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

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)

1829 Marriage of Child
Esther MATTEAU married 23 February 1829, Yamachiche, Lower Canada to Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE

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)

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 Death of Child
Esther MATTEAU died 12 August 1854, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste was 78 years old.

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.