Jean-Baptiste POIRIER

Born

1 May 1793 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada

Died

27 May 1875 , Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte HUNAULT 10 February 1819 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Josephte HUNAULT was born abt. 1798 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 6 November 1868 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephte was the child of Louis HUNAULT and Josephte SABOURIN .

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste POIRIER

Parents of Jean-Baptiste POIRIER

Father

François POIRIER dit DESLOGES

Mother

Marie-Louise DUBOIS

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste POIRIER

Paternal grandparents

Pierre POIRIER dit DESLOGES Charlotte PILON

Maternal grandparents

Jean-François DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE Marie-Françoise RENAUD dite LAVERGNE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste POIRIER

Jean-Baptiste POIRIER married

Marie-Josephte HUNAULT
Marriage date: 10 February 1819
Marriage place: Vaudreuil, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte HUNAULT was the child of Louis HUNAULT and Josephte SABOURIN

Marriage notes:

St-Michel

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste POIRIER and Marie-Josephte HUNAULT

Josephte POIRIER

Born: 9 January 1820, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada
Died: 20 December 1894, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada

Julienne POIRIER

Born: 22 November 1822, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Leandre POIRIER

Born: 9 April 1824, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Paul POIRIER

Born: abt. 1827, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Jean-Baptiste POIRIER

Born: 4 April 1830, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada
Died: 11 July 1906, St-Lazare, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Louise POIRIER

Born: 27 January 1833, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada
Died: 2 April 1857, Vaudreuil, Canada East

François-Xavier POIRIER

Born: 22 October 1837, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Alphonse POIRIER

Born: 1 March 1841, Vaudreuil, 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

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Birth — 1793
1 May 1793
Vaudreuil, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste POIRIER and Marie-Josephte HUNAULT 10 February 1819, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

He was 25 years old.

1820 Birth of Child
Josephte POIRIER was born 9 January 1820, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Julienne POIRIER was born 22 November 1822, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Leandre POIRIER was born 9 April 1824, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste POIRIER was born 4 April 1830, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise POIRIER was born 27 January 1833, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 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

1837 Birth of Child
François-Xavier POIRIER was born 22 October 1837, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Jean-Baptiste was 44 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Alphonse POIRIER was born 1 March 1841, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Jean-Baptiste was 47 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)

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.

1857 Death of Child
Marie-Louise POIRIER died 2 April 1857, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Jean-Baptiste was 63 years old.

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.