Jean-Baptiste PARENT

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30 May 1790 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

5 September 1870 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

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Louis PARENT Agathe FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE

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Born: 30 May 1790 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis PARENT

Mother: Agathe FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE

Paternal grandparents: Louis PARENT , Thérèse FORCIER

Maternal grandparents: Joseph FOURQUIN dit LÉVEILLÉ , Marie-Anne GIGUERE

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Jean-Baptiste married Madeleine ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN 28 August 1815 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Madeleine ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN was born 8 October 1796 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Madeleine died 13 April 1841 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime). Madeleine was the child of Joseph-Etienne ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Anne LOISEAU dite CARDIN.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Louise HUS PAUL 11 October 1842 in Sorel, Canada East . Louise HUS PAUL was born 24 February 1799 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Louise was the child of Joseph HUS PAUL LATRAVERSE and Pélagie LAVALLÉE.

Jean-Baptiste PARENT died 5 September 1870 in Saint-Robert, 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.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Jean-Baptiste PARENT married

Madeleine ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN
Marriage date: 28 August 1815
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Madeleine ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN was the child of Joseph-Etienne ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Anne LOISEAU dite CARDIN

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Jean-Baptiste PARENT married

Louise HUS PAUL
Marriage date: 11 October 1842
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Louise HUS PAUL was the child of Joseph HUS PAUL LATRAVERSE and Pélagie LAVALLÉE

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Birth — 1790
30 May 1790
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PARENT and Madeleine ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN 28 August 1815, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 25 years old.

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)

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN died 13 April 1841, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

1842 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PARENT and Louise HUS PAUL 11 October 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 52 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.

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.