Jean BELLEMARE

Born

19 June 1806 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Died

21 October 1874 , St-Severe, Quebec, Canada

Jean married Lucie GUILLEMETTE 19 January 1829 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lucie GUILLEMETTE was born abt. 1809 in Québec Province, Canada. Lucie was the child of Louis GUILLEMETTE and Modeste LACOMBE .

Parents & Family of Jean BELLEMARE

Parents of Jean BELLEMARE

Father

Joseph-Charles BELLEMARE

Mother

Louise LAROCHE dite ROGNON

Grandparents of Jean BELLEMARE

Paternal grandparents

Etienne-Charles GELINAS dit BELLEMARE Madeleine LEFEBVRE

Maternal grandparents

Louis-Joseph LAROCHE dit ROGNON Marie-Josephte FAUCHER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean BELLEMARE

Jean BELLEMARE married

Lucie GUILLEMETTE
Marriage date: 19 January 1829
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Lucie GUILLEMETTE was the child of Louis GUILLEMETTE and Modeste LACOMBE

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

Children of Jean BELLEMARE and Lucie GUILLEMETTE

Jean BELLEMARE

Born: 21 September 1843, Yamachiche, Canada East
Died: 1 June 1915, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada

Married: Olive DEZIEL dite LABRECH 10 October 1865

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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 — 1806
19 June 1806
Yamachiche, 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 Marriage / Partner
Jean BELLEMARE and Lucie GUILLEMETTE 19 January 1829, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 22 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Jean BELLEMARE was born 21 September 1843, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean was 37 years old.

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.

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.