François MALTAIS

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5 October 1791 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

22 May 1882 , Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Marie MALTAIS Marie-Charlotte DALLAIRE

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Born: 5 October 1791 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Marie MALTAIS

Mother: Marie-Charlotte DALLAIRE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste MALTAIS , Marie-Josephte GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: François ALLAIRE (DALLAIRE) , Marie-Anne DELAGE

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François married Marguerite HARVEY 8 February 1814 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite HARVEY was born 28 August 1797 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marguerite died 13 June 1828 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marguerite was the child of Michel HERVE (HARVEY) and Marie-Madeleine COTE.

François MALTAIS died 22 May 1882 in Chicoutimi-Nord, 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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François MALTAIS married

Marguerite HARVEY
Marriage date: 8 February 1814
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Marguerite HARVEY was the child of Michel HERVE (HARVEY) and Marie-Madeleine COTE

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Children of François MALTAIS and Marguerite HARVEY

Emilie MALTAIS

Born: 5 January 1819, Chicoutimi-Nord, Lower Canada
Died: 28 February 1881, Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada

Married: Thadee BOUCHARD 17 February 1835 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1791
5 October 1791
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
François MALTAIS and Marguerite HARVEY 8 February 1814, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 22 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.

1819 Birth of Child
Emilie MALTAIS was born 5 January 1819, Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi)

François was 27 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)

1828 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite HARVEY died 13 June 1828, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Marriage of Child
Emilie MALTAIS married 17 February 1835, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Thadee BOUCHARD

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.

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.