flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  DROLET

  (b. 17 December 1798 L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada   d. 18 January 1880 L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste DROLET was born 17 December 1798 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste DROLET was the child of Pierre DROLET   and   Marie-Charlotte DROLET and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre DROLET and Marguerite ROBITAILLE (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste DROLET and Marie-Agathe BERTRAND

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Therese-Louise DERY 18 January 1820 in Québec Province, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese-Louise DERY  was born 26 December 1797 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation).  Therese-Louise died 8 October 1866 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation).  Therese-Louise was the child of Louis DERY and Madeleine ALAIN.

Jean-Baptiste DROLET died 18 January 1880 in L'Ancienne Lorette, 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.

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Jean-Baptiste DROLET married flag female ancestor Therese-Louise DERY-- Date: 18 January 1820 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Therese-Louise DERY was the child of Louis DERY and Madeleine ALAIN




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birth1798 Birth
17 December 1798
L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
marriage1820 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DROLET and Therese-Louise DERY 18 January 1820, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 21 years old.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1841 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Adelaide DROLET was born 15 February 1841, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.
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.
marriage1861 Marriage of Child
Marguerite-Adelaide DROLET married 29 July 1861, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Edouard DUPONT
1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Therese-Louise DERY died 8 October 1866, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)
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
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1880 Death
18 January 1880
L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 81.
Added: 4/25/2021 1:47:56 PM - Updated: 4/25/2021 1:59:03 PM

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