Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT

Born

26 October 1798 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Died

24 February 1873 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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Guillaume-Pierre MALENFANT Marie-Josephte LEVESQUE

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Born: 26 October 1798 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Father: Guillaume-Pierre MALENFANT

Mother: Marie-Josephte LEVESQUE

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume MALENFANT , Marie-Anne PARENT

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Richer LEVESQUE , Marie-Josephe DIONNE

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Jean-Baptiste married Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD 24 August 1819 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 15 May 1803 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Athalie died 25 March 1867 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Athalie was the child of Laurent DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Genevieve BACON.

Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT died 24 February 1873 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, 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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Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT married

Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD
Marriage date: 24 August 1819
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was the child of Laurent DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Genevieve BACON

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Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT

Born: 11 January 1822, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Died: 26 June 1886, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Married: Genevieve KIROUAC 16 January 1844 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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Birth — 1798
26 October 1798
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT and Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD 24 August 1819, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT was born 11 January 1822, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 23 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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT married 16 January 1844, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Genevieve KIROUAC

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.

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.