Jean-Baptiste BANVILLE

(b. 28 November 1803 , Rimouski, Lower Canada d. 10 May 1870 , St-Anaclet, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BANVILLE was born 28 November 1803 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste BANVILLE was the child of Jean Baptiste BANVILLE and Francoise LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BANVILLE and Josephte BOUDEAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste-Marie LANGLOIS and Marguerite GOSSELIN

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marcelline LAVOIE 16 January 1827 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marcelline LAVOIE was born 3 February 1806 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Marcelline died 2 June 1882 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Marcelline was the child of Jean-René LAVOIE and Anne BOUILLON.

Jean-Baptiste BANVILLE died 10 May 1870 in St-Anaclet, Rimouski, Quebec, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Jean-Baptiste BANVILLE married

Marcelline LAVOIE-- Date: 16 January 1827 Place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Marcelline LAVOIE was the child of Jean-René LAVOIE and Anne BOUILLON

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BANVILLE and Marcelline LAVOIE:

Catherine BANVILLE (b.14 February 1834, Rimouski, Lower Canada d. 22 June 1908, Hull, Québec, Canada )
m. Olivier TREMBLAY 2 February 1858 in Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

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1803 Birth
28 November 1803
Rimouski, Lower Canada

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 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BANVILLE and Marcelline LAVOIE 16 January 1827, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 23 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Catherine BANVILLE was born 14 February 1834, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 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 Marriage of Child
Catherine BANVILLE married 2 February 1858, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer) to Olivier TREMBLAY

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.