Modeste MALTAIS

Born

18 May 1799 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

14 July 1857 , Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Alexis MALTAIS Marie-Godefride TREMBLAY

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Born: 18 May 1799 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Alexis MALTAIS

Mother: Marie-Godefride TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste MALTAIS , Marie-Josephte GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: Alexis TREMBLAY , Rose-Angelique GONTHIER (GAUTHIER)

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Modeste married Alexis BRASSARD 11 January 1820 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis BRASSARD was born 15 December 1794 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Alexis died 8 March 1861 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Alexis was the child of Alexis BRASSARD and Madeleine DESBIENS.

Modeste MALTAIS died 14 July 1857 in Chicoutimi, 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.

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Modeste MALTAIS married

Alexis BRASSARD
Marriage date: 11 January 1820
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Alexis BRASSARD was the child of Alexis BRASSARD and Madeleine DESBIENS

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Children of Alexis BRASSARD and Modeste MALTAIS

Abel BRASSARD

Born: 31 March 1822, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 30 April 1879, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Elisabeth GAGNON 12 June 1848 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1799
18 May 1799
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Modeste MALTAIS and Alexis BRASSARD 11 January 1820, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 20 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Abel BRASSARD was born 31 March 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Modeste was 22 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)

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

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)