Jacques LETOURNEAU

Born

20 April 1779 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

11 May 1856 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East

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Jacques LETOURNEAU Marthe NAULT

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Born: 20 April 1779 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jacques LETOURNEAU

Mother: Marthe NAULT

Paternal grandparents: Jacques LETOURNEAU , Madeleine BAILLARGEON

Maternal grandparents: Jacques NAULT dit LABRIE , Geneviève COUTURE

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Jacques married Marie-Brigitte MORIN 28 September 1801 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Brigitte MORIN was born 13 September 1779 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Brigitte died 1 March 1853 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marie-Brigitte was the child of Isidore MORIN and Marie-Brigitte FOURNIER.

Jacques LETOURNEAU died 11 May 1856 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Jacques LETOURNEAU married

Marie-Brigitte MORIN
Marriage date: 28 September 1801
Marriage place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Marie-Brigitte MORIN was the child of Isidore MORIN and Marie-Brigitte FOURNIER

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Children of Jacques LETOURNEAU and Marie-Brigitte MORIN

Isidore LETOURNEAU

Born: 30 December 1804, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Died: 25 December 1848, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East

Married: Marie-Angele-Archange LEBRUN dite CARRIER 22 July 1822 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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Birth — 1779
20 April 1779
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1801 Marriage / Partner
Jacques LETOURNEAU and Marie-Brigitte MORIN 28 September 1801, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

He was 22 years old.

1804 Birth of Child
Isidore LETOURNEAU was born 30 December 1804, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Jacques was 25 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

1822 Marriage of Child
Isidore LETOURNEAU married 22 July 1822, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Marie-Angele-Archange LEBRUN dite CARRIER

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)

1848 Death of Child
Isidore LETOURNEAU died 25 December 1848, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Jacques was 69 years old.

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

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

1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Brigitte MORIN died 1 March 1853, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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

Death — 1856
11 May 1856
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East
He died at the age of 77.

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