Marie-Josephte JACQUES

(b. 2 January 1806 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada d. 16 October 1881 , Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephte JACQUES was born 2 January 1806 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Marie-Josephte JACQUES was the child of François JACQUES and Marie-Helene GENDRON and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Charles JACQUES and Marie-Josephe DUMAS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GENDRON and Marie-Thérèse BOURDON

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Marie-Josephte married Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE 19 September 1825 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE was born 2 May 1803 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Joseph died 12 February 1878 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN.

Marie-Josephte JACQUES died 16 October 1881 in Saint-Jude, 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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Marie-Josephte JACQUES married

Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE-- Date: 19 September 1825 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE was the child of Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN

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Children of Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Marie-Josephte JACQUES:

Lucie BONNIER dite LAPLANTE (b.26 August 1826, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 4 September 1909, Blackstone, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Toussaint ARCHAMBAULT 13 January 1846 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

Delima BONNIER dite LAPLANTE (b.abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 April 1865, Saint-Jude, Canada East)
m. François PHANEUF 18 January 1858 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

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1806 Birth
2 January 1806
Contrecœur, Lower Canada

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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte JACQUES and Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE 19 September 1825, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 19 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Lucie BONNIER dite LAPLANTE was born 26 August 1826, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marie-Josephte was 20 years old.

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

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
Lucie BONNIER dite LAPLANTE married 13 January 1846, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada to Toussaint ARCHAMBAULT

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 Marriage of Child
Delima BONNIER dite LAPLANTE married 18 January 1858, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada to François PHANEUF

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Death of Child
Delima BONNIER dite LAPLANTE died 29 April 1865, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 59 years old.

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.