Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER

Born

13 November 1789 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

27 January 1858 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

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Pierre-Noel PELLETIER Marthe CARON

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Born: 13 November 1789 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre-Noel PELLETIER

Mother: Marthe CARON

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Bernard PELLETIER , Marie-Marthe BRISSON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste CARON , Marthe FORTIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR 1 March 1813 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR was born 5 May 1797 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Celeste died 23 March 1882 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Celeste was the child of Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Charlotte-Victoire BERUBE.

Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER died 27 January 1858 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER married

Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR
Marriage date: 1 March 1813
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR was the child of Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Charlotte-Victoire BERUBE

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Adelaide PELLETIER

Born: 9 June 1823, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Died: 7 March 1895, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Married: Nazaire BOUDREAU 26 June 1849 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1789
13 November 1789
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER and Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR 1 March 1813, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 23 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

1823 Birth of Child
Adelaide PELLETIER was born 9 June 1823, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

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

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Adelaide PELLETIER married 26 June 1849, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Nazaire BOUDREAU

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.