Pierre BLACKBURN

Born

7 June 1795 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

9 January 1875 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Pierre married Christine BRASSARD 17 February 1817 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Christine BRASSARD was born 12 April 1799 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Christine died 7 July 1846 in La Baie, Canada East . Christine was the child of Augustin BRASSARD and Marie SIMARD .

Parents & Family of Pierre BLACKBURN

Parents of Pierre BLACKBURN

Father

Hugh Augustin BLACKBURN

Mother

Genevieve GAGNON

Grandparents of Pierre BLACKBURN

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON Cecile KAORATE dite PELLETIER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre BLACKBURN

Pierre BLACKBURN married

Christine BRASSARD
Marriage date: 17 February 1817
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Christine BRASSARD was the child of Augustin BRASSARD and Marie SIMARD

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Pierre BLACKBURN and Christine BRASSARD

Marie-Louise BLACKBURN

Born: 15 January 1819, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pascal TREMBLAY 8 January 1839 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Julie BLACKBURN

Born: 11 November 1824, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 14 December 1908, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Ambroise TREMBLAY 4 April 1842 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1795
7 June 1795
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

1817 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BLACKBURN and Christine BRASSARD 17 February 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 21 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.

1819 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BLACKBURN was born 15 January 1819, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 23 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

1824 Birth of Child
Julie BLACKBURN was born 11 November 1824, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 29 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)

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise BLACKBURN married 8 January 1839, La Malbaie, Lower Canada to Pascal TREMBLAY

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Julie BLACKBURN married 4 April 1842, La Malbaie, Canada East to Ambroise TREMBLAY

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)

1846 Death of Spouse/Partner
Christine BRASSARD died 7 July 1846, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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.