Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL

Born

27 March 1808 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

21 July 1883 , Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Françoise HUS-LATRAVERSE 26 October 1830 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Françoise HUS-LATRAVERSE was born 25 May 1809 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Françoise died 7 May 1883 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Françoise was the child of Pierre HUS-LATRAVERSE and Catherine GAUTHIER dite DELISLE .

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL

Parents of Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL

Father

Pierre SALVAIL

Mother

Marie-Josephe LAVALLÉE

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL

Paternal grandparents

Joseph SALVAIL Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Maternal grandparents

Louis LAVALLÉE dit PAQUET Marie HUS COURNOYER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL

Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL married

Françoise HUS-LATRAVERSE
Marriage date: 26 October 1830
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Françoise HUS-LATRAVERSE was the child of Pierre HUS-LATRAVERSE and Catherine GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL and Françoise HUS-LATRAVERSE

Pierre SALVAIL

Born: 4 May 1838, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Catherine PELOQUIN 15 February 1858 Place: Sorel, Canada East

Narcisse SALVAIL

Born: abt. 1838, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Délima GADBOIS 31 January 1865 Place: Sorel, Canada East

Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL

Born: 23 April 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 26 December 1874, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Elmire GADBOIS 4 February 1862 Place: Sorel, Canada East

Sophie SALVAIL

Born: 28 June 1847, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Pierre GADBOIS 20 February 1871 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1808
27 March 1808
Sorel, 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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL and Françoise HUS-LATRAVERSE 26 October 1830, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Pierre SALVAIL was born 4 May 1838, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL was born 23 April 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

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)

1847 Birth of Child
Sophie SALVAIL was born 28 June 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Pierre SALVAIL married 15 February 1858, Sorel, Canada East to Catherine PELOQUIN

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL married 4 February 1862, Sorel, Canada East to Marie-Elmire GADBOIS

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Narcisse SALVAIL married 31 January 1865, Sorel, Canada East to Délima GADBOIS

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.