Pierre-Stanislas BLAIS

Born

15 August 1809 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Died

16 December 1880 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada

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Alexandre BLAIS Marie-Louise DEMERS

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Born: 15 August 1809 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Father: Alexandre BLAIS

Mother: Marie-Louise DEMERS

Paternal grandparents: François BLAIS , Geneviève DUBOIS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DEMERS , Ursule BAUNE (BEAULNE)

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Pierre-Stanislas married Louise LIPPE 4 June 1839 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . Louise LIPPE was born 9 April 1801 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Louise died abt. 1839 Louise was the child of Andre LIPPE and Marie-Louise MARQUIS dite DUPILLAU.

Pierre-Stanislas BLAIS died 16 December 1880 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Pierre-Stanislas BLAIS married

Louise LIPPE
Marriage date: 4 June 1839
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

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Birth — 1809
15 August 1809
Saint-Cuthbert, 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 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1839 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Stanislas BLAIS and Louise LIPPE 4 June 1839, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 29 years old.

1839 marriage

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

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.

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.