Jean-Baptiste GRENIER

Born

17 June 1800 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Died

9 June 1862 , St-Ligori, Canada East

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Louis GRENIER Josephte BOLE dite BEAUSEJOUR

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Born: 17 June 1800 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Father: Louis GRENIER

Mother: Josephte BOLE dite BEAUSEJOUR

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GRENIER , Marie-Anne HEROUX dite BOURGAINVILLE

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BOLLE dit BEAUSEJOUR , Marie CHEVIGNY

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite AUGER 6 February 1826 in Joliette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite AUGER was born 2 June 1807 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Marguerite died 25 October 1878 in St-Ligori, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Joseph AUGER and Geneviève CHAMPOUX dite JOLICOEUR.

Jean-Baptiste GRENIER died 9 June 1862 in St-Ligori, Canada East.
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Jean-Baptiste GRENIER married

Marguerite AUGER
Marriage date: 6 February 1826
Marriage place: Joliette, Lower Canada
Marguerite AUGER was the child of Joseph AUGER and Geneviève CHAMPOUX dite JOLICOEUR

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Joseph GRENIER

Born: 5 October 1831, Joliette, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Elmire DULONG 27 January 1852 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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Birth — 1800
17 June 1800
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GRENIER and Marguerite AUGER 6 February 1826, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

He was 25 years old.

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

1831 Birth of Child
Joseph GRENIER was born 5 October 1831, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Marriage of Child
Joseph GRENIER married 27 January 1852, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Elmire DULONG

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