Marguerite MALTAIS

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13 April 1818 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

23 May 1866 , Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Jean MALTAIS Marguerite BELLEY

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Born: 13 April 1818 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean MALTAIS

Mother: Marguerite BELLEY

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Marie MALTAIS , Marie-Charlotte DALLAIRE

Maternal grandparents: Louis BELLEY , Marguerite TREMBLAY

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Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste JEAN 22 November 1836 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste JEAN was born 19 April 1812 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Regis JEAN and Elisabeth THERRIEN.

Marguerite MALTAIS died 23 May 1866 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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Marguerite MALTAIS married

Jean-Baptiste JEAN
Marriage date: 22 November 1836
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste JEAN was the child of Regis JEAN and Elisabeth THERRIEN

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Elisabeth JEAN

Born: 12 October 1846, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 28 July 1921, Jonquière, Québec, Canada

Married: Georges TREMBLAY 11 January 1868 Place: Jonquière, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1818
13 April 1818
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite MALTAIS and Jean-Baptiste JEAN 22 November 1836, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 18 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)

1846 Birth of Child
Elisabeth JEAN was born 12 October 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marguerite was 28 years old.

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)