Antoine JETTE

Born

3 December 1788 , Joliette, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

23 July 1866 , Joliette, Canada East

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Antoine JETTE Marie-Louise PAYET

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Born: 3 December 1788 in Joliette, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Antoine JETTE

Mother: Marie-Louise PAYET

Paternal grandparents: Joseph JETTE , Louise MORISSEAU

Maternal grandparents: Antoine PAYET , Marie-Louise-Lisette RIVET

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Antoine married Rose RIVET 18 January 1810 in Joliette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose RIVET was born 2 July 1790 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Rose died 21 August 1833 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Rose was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIVET and Marie-Amable TRUDEAU.

Antoine JETTE died 23 July 1866 in Joliette, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Antoine JETTE married

Rose RIVET
Marriage date: 18 January 1810
Marriage place: Joliette, Lower Canada
Rose RIVET was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIVET and Marie-Amable TRUDEAU

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Children of Antoine JETTE and Rose RIVET

Francois JETTE

Born: 16 February 1818, Joliette, Lower Canada
Died: 19 May 1903, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Sophie LAPORTE 25 July 1854 Place: Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

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Birth — 1788
3 December 1788
Joliette, 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)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Antoine JETTE and Rose RIVET 18 January 1810, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

He was 21 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Francois JETTE was born 16 February 1818, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Antoine was 29 years old.

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)

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

1833 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rose RIVET died 21 August 1833, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

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.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Francois JETTE married 25 July 1854, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie) to Sophie LAPORTE

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)

Death — 1866
23 July 1866
Joliette, Canada East
He died at the age of 77.

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