Jean-Baptiste LESAGE

Born

25 August 1792 , Louiseville, Lower Canada

Died

2 January 1868 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Josephte DUENNE dite LEMAITRE 19 May 1817 in Saint-Régis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte DUENNE dite LEMAITRE was born 12 December 1798 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . Josephte died 7 December 1827 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada . Josephte was the child of Alexis LEMAITRE dit DUHAIME and Marie-Josephte LAMIRANDE dite CHEVALIER .

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE

Parents of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE

Father

Jean-Louis LESAGE

Mother

Marie-Anne GRONDIN

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste LESAGE Marie-Louise BILLY dite ST-LOUIS

Maternal grandparents

Jean GRONDIN Marie-Geneviève OUELLET

m. (2) Angele Peitbois dite Goron
13 mai 1834
Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec
Canada

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE

Jean-Baptiste LESAGE married

Josephte DUENNE dite LEMAITRE
Marriage date: 19 May 1817
Marriage place: Saint-Régis, Lower Canada
Josephte DUENNE dite LEMAITRE was the child of Alexis LEMAITRE dit DUHAIME and Marie-Josephte LAMIRANDE dite CHEVALIER

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Josephte DUENNE dite LEMAITRE

Aurelie LESAGE

Born: 2 September 1825, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Died: 17 May 1855, Louiseville, Canada East

Married: Edouard LACOMBE 29 July 1845 Place: Louiseville, 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 — 1792
25 August 1792
Louiseville, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Josephte DUENNE dite LEMAITRE 19 May 1817, Saint-Régis, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Regis) (Akwesasne)

He was 24 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)

1825 Birth of Child
Aurelie LESAGE was born 2 September 1825, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josephte DUENNE dite LEMAITRE died 7 December 1827, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Aurelie LESAGE married 29 July 1845, Louiseville, Canada East to Edouard LACOMBE

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.

1855 Death of Child
Aurelie LESAGE died 17 May 1855, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Jean-Baptiste was 62 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.