Jacques BLAIS

(b. 31 July 1794 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada d. October 1831 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Jacques BLAIS was born 31 July 1794 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

Jacques BLAIS was the child of Andre BLAIS and Marie BELANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Charlotte LEBLONDE (LEBLOND) (maternal) Jacques BELANGER and Marie-Louise ROUSSEAU

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

Jacques married Elisabeth LETOURNEAU 15 February 1814 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth LETOURNEAU was born 25 November 1797 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Elisabeth died March 1826 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth was the child of Joseph LETOURNEAU and Marguerite DENIS dite LAPIERRE.

Jacques BLAIS died October 1831 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada.

m. Letourneau Elisabeth

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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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Jacques BLAIS married

Elisabeth LETOURNEAU-- Date: 15 February 1814 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Elisabeth LETOURNEAU was the child of Joseph LETOURNEAU and Marguerite DENIS dite LAPIERRE

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Children of Jacques BLAIS and Elisabeth LETOURNEAU:

Jacques BLAIS (b.25 May 1816, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 16 March 1897, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada)
m. Hermine-Vitaline BLAIS 27 May 1845 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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1794 Birth
31 July 1794
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BLAIS and Elisabeth LETOURNEAU 15 February 1814, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Jacques BLAIS was born 25 May 1816, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 21 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.