Jacques FOSTER

Born

8 August 1821 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

21 May 1873 , St-Fidèle, Quebec, Canada

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John Jean FOSTER (FORTIN)Catherine SIMARD

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Born: 8 August 1821 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: John Jean FOSTER (FORTIN)

Mother: Catherine SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Alexis SIMARD , Suzanne PERRON

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Jacques married Ide BOUDREAU 12 April 1842 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ide BOUDREAU was born abt. 1823 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Ide was the child of Germain BOUDREAU and Agnès TREMBLAY.

Jacques FOSTER died 21 May 1873 in St-Fidèle, 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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Jacques FOSTER married

Ide BOUDREAU
Marriage date: 12 April 1842
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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Ide BOUDREAU was the child of Germain BOUDREAU and Agnès TREMBLAY

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

Children of Jacques FOSTER and Ide BOUDREAU

Thomas FOSTER

Born: 13 February 1851, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 8 February 1906, St-Siméon, Quebec, Canada

Married: Aurore TREMBLAY 15 April 1872

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Birth — 1821
8 August 1821
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Jacques FOSTER and Ide BOUDREAU 12 April 1842, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 20 years old.

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)

1851 Birth of Child
Thomas FOSTER was born 13 February 1851, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jacques was 29 years old.

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.