Jean-Baptiste CANTIN

Born

3 November 1798 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

Died

13 August 1845 , Rimouski, Canada East

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Etienne CANTIN Marie-Anne DUBOIS

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Born: 3 November 1798 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne CANTIN

Mother: Marie-Anne DUBOIS

Paternal grandparents: Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN) , Suzanne CARRIER

Maternal grandparents: Jacques DUBOIS , Charlotte DUSSAULT

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Jean-Baptiste married Judith SIMONEAU 8 November 1825 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Judith SIMONEAU was born 10 February 1810 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Judith died 15 January 1876 in St-Anaclet, Canada. Judith was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIMONEAU and Marie COTE.

Jean-Baptiste CANTIN died 13 August 1845 in Rimouski, Canada East .
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Recorded occupation: Menuisier

The menuisier, or joiner, was an artisan who built things by joining pieces of wood, particularly lighter and more ornamental work than that done by a carpenter. He was primarily responsible for the manufacture of small works, as opposed to large works. The joiner made small wooden works, furniture and other objects intended for domestic use (doors, tables, cabinets, etc.). His main tools were the plane, the galley, the grooving/plow plane, the handsaw and the mallet.
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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Spouse & Children of Jean-Baptiste CANTIN

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Jean-Baptiste CANTIN married

Judith SIMONEAU
Marriage date: 8 November 1825
Marriage place: Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Judith SIMONEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIMONEAU and Marie COTE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste CANTIN and Judith SIMONEAU

Priscille CANTIN

Born: 6 June 1844, Sainte-Luce, Canada East
Died: 1 April 1878, St-Donat de Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Married: Eusebe TREMBLAY 28 October 1861 Place: Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

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Birth — 1798
3 November 1798
Lauzon, Lévis, 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 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CANTIN and Judith SIMONEAU 8 November 1825, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 27 years old.

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Priscille CANTIN was born 6 June 1844, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.