Joseph-Marie BLAIS

(b. 29 April 1752 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 29 April 1821 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie BLAIS was born 29 April 1752 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie BLAIS was the child of Michel-Toussaint BLAIS and Françoise LIZOTTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BLAIS and Françoise BEAUDOIN (maternal) Joseph LIZOTTE and Françoise DANCOSSE

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

Joseph-Marie married Marguerite MATHIEU 3 October 1774 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite MATHIEU was born 16 February 1755 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 15 July 1807 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Prisque MATHIEU and Marie-Marguerite BLANCHET.

Joseph-Marie BLAIS died 29 April 1821 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada.

m. Mathieu Marguerite

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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-Marie BLAIS married

Marguerite MATHIEU-- Date: 3 October 1774 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite MATHIEU was the child of Prisque MATHIEU and Marie-Marguerite BLANCHET

Children of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marguerite MATHIEU:

Francoise BLAIS (b.16 July 1789, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 December 1864, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East )
m. Louis CASAULT 20 October 1807 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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1752 Birth
29 April 1752
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

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

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marguerite MATHIEU 3 October 1774, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Birth of Child
Francoise BLAIS was born 16 July 1789, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Joseph-Marie was 37 years old.

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)