Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST

Born

21 April 1805 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

9 March 1870 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada

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Born: 21 April 1805 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Parents of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST

Father

Michel JOLY dit LAFOREST

Mother

Geneviève LAVALLEE

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste JOLY dit LAFOREST Charlotte VALOIS

Maternal grandparents

Louis-Amable LAVALLEE Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste married Marie DUTEAU dite VILANDRÉ 16 August 1825 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie DUTEAU dite VILANDRÉ was born 21 January 1796 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada . Marie died 15 February 1859 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East . Marie was the child of Joseph DUTEAU dit VILANDRÉ and Marie-Josephte HENAULT.

Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST died 9 March 1870 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST

Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST married

Marie DUTEAU dite VILANDRÉ
Marriage date: 16 August 1825
Marriage place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada
Marie DUTEAU dite VILANDRÉ was the child of Joseph DUTEAU dit VILANDRÉ and Marie-Josephte HENAULT

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Marie DUTEAU dite VILANDRÉ

Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST

Born: 10 September 1828, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada
Died: 30 August 1903, Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Quebec, Canada

Married: Edese GODIN 5 September 1854 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East

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1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1805
21 April 1805
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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Marie DUTEAU dite VILANDRÉ 16 August 1825, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 20 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST was born 10 September 1828, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

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)

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST married 5 September 1854, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East to Edese GODIN

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

1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie DUTEAU dite VILANDRÉ died 15 February 1859, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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.