Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE

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12 January 1787 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

18 July 1867 , Chazy, New York, USA

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Jean-Baptise LAPORTE Marie SOUTIERE LA GIROFLEE

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Born: 12 January 1787 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptise LAPORTE

Mother: Marie SOUTIERE LA GIROFLEE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE , Jeanne-Claude BESSETTE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Agathe MASSE 24 June 1811 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie-Agathe MASSE was born 5 February 1793 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Agathe was the child of Pierre MASSE and Marie-Geneviève LASNIER.

Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE died 18 July 1867 in Chazy, New York, USA .
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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 LAPORTE married

Marie-Agathe MASSE
Marriage date: 24 June 1811
Marriage place: Chambly, Lower Canada
Marie-Agathe MASSE was the child of Pierre MASSE and Marie-Geneviève LASNIER

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE and Marie-Agathe MASSE

Gertrude LAPORTE

Born: 18 April 1812, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Flavie "Florinda Laura Ann" LAPORTE

Born: 14 August 1813, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: 3 April 1885, Black Brook, New York, USA

Narcisse LAPORTE

Born: 28 November 1814, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: 4 October 1887, Ellenburg Depot, Clinton, New York, USA

Joseph LAPORTE

Born: 15 March 1816, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: 16 April 1863, Chazy, New York, USA

Alexis LAPORTE

Born: December 1821, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: 4 January 1904, Shoreham, Vermont, USA

Married: Edwidge BOUSQUET 22 October 1849 Place: Clinton, Clinton, New York, USA (Churubusco)

Marie LAPORTE

Born: 30 December 1822, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: 24 June 1893, Franklin County, New York, USA

Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE

Born: 22 September 1824, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Moses LAPORTE

Born: 19 January 1833, Plattsburgh, New York, USA
Died: 22 January 1892, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA

Napoleon LAPORTE

Born: abt. 1835, , New York, USA
Died: 8 May 1902, Shoreham, Vermont, USA

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Birth — 1787
12 January 1787
Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

1811 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE and Marie-Agathe MASSE 24 June 1811, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 24 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Gertrude LAPORTE was born 18 April 1812, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Flavie "Florinda Laura Ann" LAPORTE was born 14 August 1813, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Narcisse LAPORTE was born 28 November 1814, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Joseph LAPORTE was born 15 March 1816, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

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

1821 Birth of Child
Alexis LAPORTE was born December 1821, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Jean-Baptiste was 34 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Marie LAPORTE was born 30 December 1822, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE was born 22 September 1824, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

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)

1833 Birth of Child
Moses LAPORTE was born 19 January 1833, Plattsburgh, New York, USA

Jean-Baptiste was 46 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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Alexis LAPORTE married 22 October 1849, Clinton, Clinton, New York, USA (Churubusco) to Edwidge BOUSQUET

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser