Antoine BLAIN

(b. 1 July 1797 , Varennes, Lower Canada d. 2 April 1883 , Sainte-Julie, Verchères, Québec, Canada )

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Antoine BLAIN was born 1 July 1797 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Antoine BLAIN was the child of Herman-Armand BLAIN and Marie-Catherine-Reine ALBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Herman BLAIN and Josephte PETIT dite CHAUVIN (maternal) Pierre ALBERT and Elisabeth RENAUD

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

Antoine married Louise CHICOINE dite DOZIOS 26 January 1819 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise CHICOINE dite DOZIOS was born 27 January 1800 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Louise died 23 October 1877 in Sainte-Julie, Verchères, Québec, Canada. Louise was the child of Claude-Francois CHICOINE dit DOZOIS and Marguerite DESMARAIS.

Antoine BLAIN died 2 April 1883 in Sainte-Julie, Verchères, Québec, Canada.
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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.
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Family and Children of Antoine BLAIN

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Antoine BLAIN married

Louise CHICOINE dite DOZIOS-- Date: 26 January 1819 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Louise CHICOINE dite DOZIOS was the child of Claude-Francois CHICOINE dit DOZOIS and Marguerite DESMARAIS

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Children of Antoine BLAIN and Louise CHICOINE dite DOZIOS:

Antoine BLAIN (b.13 September 1822, Varennes, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Charlotte MCDUFF 20 August 1849 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1797 Birth
1 July 1797
Varennes, 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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Antoine BLAIN and Louise CHICOINE dite DOZIOS 26 January 1819, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 21 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Antoine BLAIN was born 13 September 1822, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Antoine was 25 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)

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Antoine BLAIN married 20 August 1849, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Charlotte MCDUFF

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.