Francoise BLAIS

Born

16 July 1789 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

19 December 1864 , Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East

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Joseph-Marie BLAIS Marguerite MATHIEU

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Born: 16 July 1789 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph-Marie BLAIS

Mother: Marguerite MATHIEU

Paternal grandparents: Michel-Toussaint BLAIS , Françoise LIZOTTE

Maternal grandparents: Prisque MATHIEU , Marie-Marguerite BLANCHET

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Francoise married Louis CASAULT 20 October 1807 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis CASAULT was born 7 May 1781 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Louis died 19 April 1851 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste CASAULT and Rosalie MICHON.

Francoise BLAIS died 19 December 1864 in Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East .
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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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Francoise BLAIS married

Louis CASAULT
Marriage date: 20 October 1807
Marriage place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada
Louis CASAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste CASAULT and Rosalie MICHON

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Children of Louis CASAULT and Francoise BLAIS

Hermine CASAULT

Born: 1 September 1828, Montmagny, Lower Canada
Died: 14 February 1891, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph-Élie (Elzéar) PELLETIER 12 January 1857

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Birth — 1789
16 July 1789
Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1807 Marriage / Partner
Francoise BLAIS and Louis CASAULT 20 October 1807, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

She was 18 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)

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Hermine CASAULT was born 1 September 1828, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Francoise was 39 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)

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)