Joseph-Amable BLAIS

(b. 5 February 1736 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 1 March 1813 , Rigaud, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Amable BLAIS was born 5 February 1736 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Joseph-Amable BLAIS was the child of Louis-Charles BLAIS and Marguerite CADIEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) and Elisabeth-Isabelle ROYER (maternal) Pierre CADIEUX and Jeanne MARSAN dite LAPIERRE

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

Joseph-Amable married Marie-Anne LAMADELEINE dite LADOUCEUR 17 January 1757 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne LAMADELEINE dite LADOUCEUR was born 12 August 1739 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Anne died 28 February 1811 in Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud). Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre LAMADELEINE and Marie-Anne-Marguerite GAUDRY.

Joseph-Amable BLAIS died 1 March 1813 in Rigaud, Lower 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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Joseph-Amable BLAIS married

Marie-Anne LAMADELEINE dite LADOUCEUR-- Date: 17 January 1757 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne LAMADELEINE dite LADOUCEUR was the child of Pierre LAMADELEINE and Marie-Anne-Marguerite GAUDRY

Children of Joseph-Amable BLAIS and Marie-Anne LAMADELEINE dite LADOUCEUR:

Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS (b.13 January 1780, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 October 1860, Hull, Canada East )
m. Pierre SAMSON 29 August 1808 in Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

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1736 Birth
5 February 1736
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Amable BLAIS and Marie-Anne LAMADELEINE dite LADOUCEUR 17 January 1757, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS was born 13 January 1780, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Joseph-Amable was 43 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1808 Marriage of Child
Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS married 29 August 1808, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud) to Pierre SAMSON