Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE

Born

24 March 1806 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

10 February 1877 , Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite THIBEAU 15 April 1833 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marguerite THIBEAU was born 16 August 1809 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Marguerite died 27 March 1891 in Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Charles THIBEAULT and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle TAILLON dite LATAILLE .

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE

Parents of Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE

Father

Louis PLOUFFE

Mother

Marguerite ST-MARTIN

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph PLOUFFE Marguerite ASSELIN

Maternal grandparents

Pierre-Étienne ST-MARTIN Marie-Rose DELBEC dite JOLY

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE

Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE married

Marguerite THIBEAU
Marriage date: 15 April 1833
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marguerite THIBEAU was the child of Charles THIBEAULT and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle TAILLON dite LATAILLE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE and Marguerite THIBEAU

Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE

Born: 28 March 1834, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 3 November 1891 , Pointe aux Roches, Ontario, Canada

Marie PLOUFFE

Born: 31 October 1835, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 17 April 1872 , Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Josephte PLOUFFE

Born: 17 July 1836, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Died: 3 September 1892, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Etienne PLOUFFE

Born: 10 November 1836, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Philomene PLOUFFE

Born: 12 February 1839, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Died: 2 July 1867, Montmagny, Canada East

Archange PLOUFFE

Born: 7 November 1841 , , Canada West
Died: 21 January 1884 , Pointe aux Roches, Ontario, Canada

Victoire PLOUFFE

Born: 1843 , , Canada West
Died: 28 December 1886 , Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Claire PLOUFFE

Born: 15 January 1844, Stoney Point, Essex, Canada West
Died: 21 February 1912, Staples, Ontario, Canada

Theotiste PLOUFFE

Born: abt. 1846, Tilbury, Canada West
Died: 12 June 1907, Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Edmond PLOUFFE

Born: 1 January 1849, Belle River, Canada West
Died: ,

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1806
24 March 1806
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 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE and Marguerite THIBEAU 15 April 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 27 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE was born 28 March 1834, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Marie PLOUFFE was born 31 October 1835, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Josephte PLOUFFE was born 17 July 1836, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Etienne PLOUFFE was born 10 November 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1839 Birth of Child
Philomene PLOUFFE was born 12 February 1839, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Archange PLOUFFE was born 7 November 1841 , , Ontario, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Claire PLOUFFE was born 15 January 1844, Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Stony Point)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 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)

1849 Birth of Child
Edmond PLOUFFE was born 1 January 1849, Belle River, Ontario, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 42 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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1867 Death of Child
Philomene PLOUFFE died 2 July 1867, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Jean-Baptiste was 61 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1872 Death of Child
Marie PLOUFFE died 17 April 1872 , Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Stony Point)

Jean-Baptiste was 66 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

Death — 1877
10 February 1877
Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada
He died at the age of 70.

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