Louis BLAIS

Born

10 February 1813 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

Died

18 May 1892 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada

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Born: 10 February 1813 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Parents of Louis BLAIS

Father

Louis BLAIS

Mother

Françoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Grandparents of Louis BLAIS

Paternal grandparents

François BLAIS Geneviève DUBOIS

Maternal grandparents

Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE Helene LANGLOIS

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

Louis married Emilie LIPPE 30 May 1837 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Emilie LIPPE was born 4 September 1814 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . Emilie died 25 July 1901 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada . Emilie was the child of Andre LIPPE and Marie-Louise MARQUIS dite DUPILLAU.

Louis BLAIS died 18 May 1892 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis BLAIS

Louis BLAIS married

Emilie LIPPE
Marriage date: 30 May 1837
Marriage place: Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Emilie LIPPE was the child of Andre LIPPE and Marie-Louise MARQUIS dite DUPILLAU

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

Children of Louis BLAIS and Emilie LIPPE

Louis BLAIS

Born: abt. 1838, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Honore-Henri BLAIS

Born: 23 May 1842, Berthierville, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Elisabeth JOLY 8 January 1867 Place: Sorel, Canada East

Julie BLAIS

Born: 28 July 1844, Berthierville, Canada East
Died: 14 March 1918, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Marie-Anne BLAIS

Born: 9 October 1846, Berthierville, Canada East
Died: 8 April 1922, Berthierville, Québec, Canada

Married: Onesime GOUDREAU 29 January 1867 Place: Berthierville, Canada East

Edouard BLAIS

Born: abt. 1848, Berthierville, Canada East
Died: 4 December 1932, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

Charles BLAIS

Born: 27 August 1853, Berthierville, Canada East
Died: 8 September 1929, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada

Married: Clarisse TRINQUE 11 February 1879 Place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada

Emilie BLAIS

Born: 20 February 1856, Berthierville, Canada East
Died: ,

Baptiste BLAIS

Born: 18 October 1860, Berthierville, Canada East
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Birth — 1813
10 February 1813
Berthierville, 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

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

1837 Marriage / Partner
Louis BLAIS and Emilie LIPPE 30 May 1837, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 24 years old.

1837 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1842 Birth of Child
Honore-Henri BLAIS was born 23 May 1842, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Louis was 29 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
Julie BLAIS was born 28 July 1844, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Louis was 31 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BLAIS was born 9 October 1846, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Louis was 33 years old.

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Charles BLAIS was born 27 August 1853, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Louis was 40 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Birth of Child
Emilie BLAIS was born 20 February 1856, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Louis was 43 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Baptiste BLAIS was born 18 October 1860, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Louis was 47 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Honore-Henri BLAIS married 8 January 1867, Sorel, Canada East to Elisabeth JOLY

1867 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne BLAIS married 29 January 1867, Berthierville, Canada East to Onesime GOUDREAU