Jean-Baptiste PROULX

Born

4 August 1792 , Montmagny, Lower Canada

Died

6 February 1874 ,

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Nicolas PROULX Marie-Louise BOUSQUET

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Jean-Baptiste PROULX was born 4 August 1792 in Montmagny, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste PROULX was the child of Nicolas PROULX and Marie-Louise BOUSQUET

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Genevieve METIVIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Louise ARCHAMBAULT

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Archange LANGEVIN 15 January 1816 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Archange LANGEVIN was born 18 April 1796 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Archange was the child of Pierre LANGEVIN and Archange-Desanges JODOIN.

Jean-Baptiste PROULX died 6 February 1874
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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.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Jean-Baptiste PROULX married

Marie-Archange LANGEVIN-- Date: 15 January 1816 Place: Québec, Lower Canada

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Marie-Archange LANGEVIN was the child of Pierre LANGEVIN and Archange-Desanges JODOIN

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Children of Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Marie-Archange LANGEVIN

Philomene PROULX (b.1 November 1837, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Moise LAGANIERE 15 January 1856 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1792 Birth
4 August 1792
Montmagny, Lower Canada

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

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Marie-Archange LANGEVIN 15 January 1816, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 23 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1837 Birth of Child
Philomene PROULX was born 1 November 1837, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1856 Marriage of Child
Philomene PROULX married 15 January 1856, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Moise LAGANIERE