Jean-Baptiste RACICOT

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10 March 1816 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Died

15 August 1857 , Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

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Pierre RACICOT Marie-Amable GOGUET (GOYETTE)

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Born: 10 March 1816 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre RACICOT

Mother: Marie-Amable GOGUET (GOYETTE)

Paternal grandparents: Antoine RACICOT dit LEVEILLE , Marie-Anne MAGEAU

Maternal grandparents: Amable GOGUET (GOYETTE) , Marie-Madeleine GUERTIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Marcelline BOURBEAU 17 September 1844 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marcelline BOURBEAU was born 26 August 1816 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marcelline died 6 March 1893 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . Marcelline was the child of Francois-Augustin BOURBEAU and Marie-Josephte-Luce ROUSSEL.

Jean-Baptiste RACICOT died 15 August 1857 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East .
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Jean-Baptiste RACICOT married

Marcelline BOURBEAU
Marriage date: 17 September 1844
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
Marcelline BOURBEAU was the child of Francois-Augustin BOURBEAU and Marie-Josephte-Luce ROUSSEL

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Jean-Baptiste RACICOT

Born: 15 July 1850, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
Died: 15 November 1889, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Married: Celeste TREMBLAY 3 August 1874 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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Birth — 1816
10 March 1816
Saint-Hyacinthe, 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)

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 / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RACICOT and Marcelline BOURBEAU 17 September 1844, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 28 years old.

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste RACICOT was born 15 July 1850, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 34 years old.

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

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