Jean-Baptiste VANDAL

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18 November 1819 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

4 August 1889 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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François VANDAL Marie-Anne ST-MARTIN

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Born: 18 November 1819 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: François VANDAL

Mother: Marie-Anne ST-MARTIN

Paternal grandparents: Pierre VANDAL , Geneviève HUS MILET (MILLET)

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste ST-MARTIN , Geneviève LOISEAU dite CARDIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Aurélie AUBUCHON 26 November 1844 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Aurélie AUBUCHON was born 2 September 1824 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Aurélie was the child of François AUBUCHON and Theotiste VANDAL.

Jean-Baptiste VANDAL died 4 August 1889 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Jean-Baptiste VANDAL married

Aurélie AUBUCHON
Marriage date: 26 November 1844
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Aurélie AUBUCHON was the child of François AUBUCHON and Theotiste VANDAL

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Children of Jean-Baptiste VANDAL and Aurélie AUBUCHON

Marie-Louise VANDAL

Born: 6 October 1845, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 29 September 1915, L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre PELOQUIN 21 September 1868 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Desanges VANDAL

Born: 27 April 1848, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Paul PELOQUIN 20 February 1871 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Theotiste VANDAL

Born: 11 November 1849, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Theotime PELOQUIN 9 September 1873 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1819
18 November 1819
Sorel, Lower Canada

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 VANDAL and Aurélie AUBUCHON 26 November 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 25 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise VANDAL was born 6 October 1845, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Marie-Desanges VANDAL was born 27 April 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Theotiste VANDAL was born 11 November 1849, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 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.

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.