Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE)

(b. 14 March 1794 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 28 June 1872 , Mont-Louis, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE) was born 14 March 1794 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE) was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET and Catherine SOUCY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexandre BLANCHET and Louise PEPIN dite LACHANCE (maternal) Jean-François SOUCY and Marie-Brigitte ST-PIERRE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Françoise TREMBLAY 27 August 1816 in Cacouna, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Françoise TREMBLAY was born 16 May 1794 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Françoise died 7 February 1873 in Mont-Louis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis). Françoise was the child of Louis-Marie TREMBLAY and Francoise BERIAULT (BARIAULT).

Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE) died 28 June 1872 in Mont-Louis, Québec, Canada .
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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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE)

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Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE) married

Françoise TREMBLAY-- Date: 27 August 1816 Place: Cacouna, Lower Canada
Françoise TREMBLAY was the child of Louis-Marie TREMBLAY and Francoise BERIAULT (BARIAULT)

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE) and Françoise TREMBLAY:

Frederic BLANCHET (b.abt. 1817, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 April 1894, Rimouski, Québec, Canada )

Marie-Louise BLANCHET (b.30 September 1818, Cacouna, Lower Canada d. , )

Eleonore BLANCHET (b.25 October 1821, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 14 August 1890, St-Moïse, Canada)

Reule (Regule) BLANCHET (b.24 November 1823, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 22 September 1900, Riviere la Madeleine, Gaspé, Québec, Canada)

Euphrosine BLANCHET (b.abt. 1826, , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 August 1895, Percé, St-Michel, Gaspé, Québec, Canada)

Francois BLANCHET (b.1 May 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )

Pierre-Theophile BLANCHET (b.1 September 1834, Rimouski, Lower Canada d. , )

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1794 Birth
14 March 1794
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE) and Françoise TREMBLAY 27 August 1816, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

He was 22 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BLANCHET was born 30 September 1818, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

Jean-Baptiste was 24 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Eleonore BLANCHET was born 25 October 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Reule (Regule) BLANCHET was born 24 November 1823, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Francois BLANCHET was born 1 May 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

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
Pierre-Theophile BLANCHET was born 1 September 1834, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 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)

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.

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.