Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS

Born

13 January 1780 , Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 October 1860 , Hull, Canada East

Parents & Family of Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS

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Born: 13 January 1780 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS

Father

Joseph-Amable BLAIS

Mother

Marie-Anne LAMADELEINE dite LADOUCEUR

Grandparents of Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS

Paternal grandparents

Louis-Charles BLAIS Marguerite CADIEUX

Maternal grandparents

Pierre LAMADELEINE Marie-Anne-Marguerite GAUDRY

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

Marie-Elisabeth married Pierre SAMSON 29 August 1808 in Rigaud, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre SAMSON was born 9 November 1775 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre died 29 May 1860 in Aylmer, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Ignace SAMSON and Marie-Thérèse BLAIS.

Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS died 28 October 1860 in Hull, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS

Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS married

Pierre SAMSON
Marriage date: 29 August 1808
Marriage place: Rigaud, Lower Canada
Pierre SAMSON was the child of Ignace SAMSON and Marie-Thérèse BLAIS

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

Children of Pierre SAMSON and Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS

Scholastique SAMSON

Born: 31 May 1801, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada
Died: 3 April 1865, Aylmer, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Married: Antoine BRUNET 19 September 1825 Place: Rigaud, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1780
13 January 1780
Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Birth of Child
Scholastique SAMSON was born 31 May 1801, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Elisabeth was 21 years old.

1808 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS and Pierre SAMSON 29 August 1808, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

She was 28 years old.

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