Jean-Baptiste POIRIER

Born

4 June 1789 , Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

3 March 1861 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste POIRIER

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Born: 4 June 1789 in Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Jean-Baptiste POIRIER

Father

Jean-Baptiste POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE

Mother

Marie-Madeleine SENEZ dite LALIBERTE

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste POIRIER

Paternal grandparents

Louis POIRIER Veronique FAVREAU

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste SENET (SENEZ) Madeleine GUYON dite LEMOINE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise BLANCHARD dite RENAUD 22 June 1812 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise BLANCHARD dite RENAUD was born 26 May 1792 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada. Marie-Louise died 31 March 1863 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of François BLANCHARD dit RENAUD and Marie-Charlotte LEVESQUE.

Jean-Baptiste POIRIER died 3 March 1861 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste POIRIER

Jean-Baptiste POIRIER married

Marie-Louise BLANCHARD dite RENAUD
Marriage date: 22 June 1812
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise BLANCHARD dite RENAUD was the child of François BLANCHARD dit RENAUD and Marie-Charlotte LEVESQUE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste POIRIER and Marie-Louise BLANCHARD dite RENAUD

Pierre POIRIER

Born: abt. 1825, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Eleonore BENOIT 24 September 1844 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Canada East

Sophronie POIRIER

Born: 13 October 1834, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1913, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph Raymond VEGIARD 9 January 1855 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East

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1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1789
4 June 1789
Beloeil, 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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste POIRIER and Marie-Louise BLANCHARD dite RENAUD 22 June 1812, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

He was 23 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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Sophronie POIRIER was born 13 October 1834, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Pierre POIRIER married 24 September 1844, Marieville, Rouville, Canada East to Eleonore BENOIT

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage of Child
Sophronie POIRIER married 9 January 1855, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East to Joseph Raymond VEGIARD