Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT

(b. 30 December 1797 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 21 March 1878 , Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada )

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Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT was born 30 December 1797 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada

Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT was the child of Alexandre GRANDBOIS dit GUILBAUT and Marie-Anne DEMERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Unknown UNKNOWN and Marie-Josèphe GUILBAULT dite GRANDBOIS (maternal) Jérôme DEMERS and Marie-Anne DOUVILLE

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

Jérome married Marie-Louise VACHON 22 February 1821 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie-Louise VACHON was born 9 September 1798 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Louise died 16 March 1839 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Louise was the child of Charles-Benjamin VACHON and Marie-Josephte MORAND dite DOUVILLE.

Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT died 21 March 1878 in Saint-Casimir, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT

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Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT married

Marie-Louise VACHON-- Date: 22 February 1821 Place: La-Pérade, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise VACHON was the child of Charles-Benjamin VACHON and Marie-Josephte MORAND dite DOUVILLE

Jerome married Louise Vachon at Ste-Anne-de-la- Pérade, Québec on February 22, 1821.

His son Michel-Adolphe was born in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade and married Lumina Rouleau in St-Casimir de Portneuf, Québec.

The son of Michel-Adolphe and Lumina, Henri, was born in 1874 in St-Casimir and married Bernadette Rousseau in 1896 at St-Casimir.

Alain Grandbois the son of Henri and Bernadette was born in St-Casimir on May 25, 1900. In 1958 he married Marguerite Rousseau the widow of Bernard Devlin in Ste-Foy, Québec. He died in Québec City in 1975.

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Children of Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT and Marie-Louise VACHON:

Hubert GRANDBOIS (b.11 May 1822, La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Caroline WELLER 23 February 1846 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Celanire GRANDBOIS (b.24 November 1823, La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 20 September 1884, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada)
m. David DOUVILLE 20 August 1850 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada

Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS (b.24 January 1826, La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 28 June 1883, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada)
m. Philys (Philie) TESSIER 20 August 1850 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada
m. Exire TESSIER 15 September 1881 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada

Philosor GRANDBOIS (b.6 October 1827, La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 13 December 1888, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada )
m. Euphemie-Philie TESSIER 24 February 1851 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada

Marie GRANDBOIS (b.29 August 1829, La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. , )

Michel-Adolphe GRANDBOIS (b.29 September 1831, La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 11 August 1908, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada)
m. Aurelie CHAREST 24 February 1862 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada
m. Henriette-Lumina ROULEAU 14 July 1896

Pierre GRANDBOIS (b.8 May 1833, La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. , )

Melanie GRANDBOIS (b.7 July 1835, La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 13 December 1904, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Olivier Isidore NAULT 9 August 1869 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada

Philomene GRANDBOIS (b.26 April 1837, La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 10 August 1890, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada)
m. Michel-Archange LANGLOIS 12 April 1869 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada

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1797 Birth
30 December 1797
La-Pérade, 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage / Partner
Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT and Marie-Louise VACHON 22 February 1821, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

He was 23 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Hubert GRANDBOIS was born 11 May 1822, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Jérome was 24 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Celanire GRANDBOIS was born 24 November 1823, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Jérome was 25 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS was born 24 January 1826, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Jérome was 28 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Philosor GRANDBOIS was born 6 October 1827, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Jérome was 29 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Marie GRANDBOIS was born 29 August 1829, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Jérome was 31 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Michel-Adolphe GRANDBOIS was born 29 September 1831, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Jérome was 33 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Pierre GRANDBOIS was born 8 May 1833, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Jérome was 35 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Melanie GRANDBOIS was born 7 July 1835, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Jérome was 37 years old.

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

1837 Birth of Child
Philomene GRANDBOIS was born 26 April 1837, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Jérome was 39 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1839 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise VACHON died 16 March 1839, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Hubert GRANDBOIS married 23 February 1846, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Caroline WELLER

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

1850 Marriage of Child
Celanire GRANDBOIS married 20 August 1850, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada to David DOUVILLE

1850 Marriage of Child
Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS married 20 August 1850, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada to Philys (Philie) TESSIER

1851 Marriage of Child
Philosor GRANDBOIS married 24 February 1851, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada to Euphemie-Philie TESSIER

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Michel-Adolphe GRANDBOIS married 24 February 1862, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada to Aurelie CHAREST

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.