Jean-Baptiste GREGOIRE

(b. 9 March 1800 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 7 October 1866 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GREGOIRE was born 9 March 1800 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste GREGOIRE was the child of Etienne-Olivier GREGOIRE and Angélique VACHON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GREGOIRE and Marie-Ursule LEVASSEUR (maternal) Etienne VACHON and Marie-Angélique MARCOUX

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Jean-Baptiste married Adelaide DENAULT (DENEAU) 22 January 1833 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Adelaide DENAULT (DENEAU) was born 14 April 1804 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Adelaide died 15 January 1878 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Adelaide was the child of Joseph DENAULT (DENEAU) and Françoise FOURNIER.

Jean-Baptiste GREGOIRE died 7 October 1866 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada .
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Jean-Baptiste GREGOIRE

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Jean-Baptiste GREGOIRE married

Adelaide DENAULT (DENEAU)-- Date: 22 January 1833 Place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Adelaide DENAULT (DENEAU) was the child of Joseph DENAULT (DENEAU) and Françoise FOURNIER

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Children of Jean-Baptiste GREGOIRE and Adelaide DENAULT (DENEAU):

Antoine GREGOIRE (b.22 November 1833, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 11 February 1909, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada )
m. Adelaide ELIE (HELIE) dite BRETON 6 February 1855 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1800 Birth
9 March 1800
Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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

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1833 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GREGOIRE and Adelaide DENAULT (DENEAU) 22 January 1833, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 32 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Antoine GREGOIRE was born 22 November 1833, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Antoine GREGOIRE married 6 February 1855, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Adelaide ELIE (HELIE) dite BRETON

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)