Louis BLANCHET

Born

abt. 1820 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

11 May 1899 , Ste-Rose-du-Dégelis, Quebec, Canada

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Louis BLANCHET Genevieve GAGNÉ

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Louis BLANCHET was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis BLANCHET was the child of Louis BLANCHET and Genevieve GAGNÉ

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BLANCHET and Marie-Genevieve GAMACHE (maternal) Anicet GAGNÉ and Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ

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Louis married Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 19 February 1849 in Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born 3 February 1832 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Marguerite died 26 April 1875 in Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Francois DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Anne LEBEL.

Louis BLANCHET died 11 May 1899 in Ste-Rose-du-Dégelis, Quebec, Canada.
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Louis BLANCHET was a Tanneur.
A tanneur, or tanner, prepared the skins of animals with tan or tannin (tree bark powder), in order to produce leather by hand. A tannery was where the tanner worked. Tanning was considered a noxious or 'odoriferous trade' and relegated to the outskirts of town and near a river or stream, usually amongst the poor. In other words, tanneries smelled horrible.
Source: tfcq.ca

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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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Louis BLANCHET married

Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT-- Date: 19 February 1849 Place: Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East
Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was the child of Francois DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Anne LEBEL

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Children of Louis BLANCHET and Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

Amanda (Emma) BLANCHET (b.20 February 1870, Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Temiscouata, Quebec, Canada d. 21 June 1948, St-Jean-de-la-Lande, Temiscouata, Canada)
m. Louis BERGERON 21 August 1893 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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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)

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 / Partner
Louis BLANCHET and Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 19 February 1849, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

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.