Theotiste JANELLE

(b. abt. 1790 , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 September 1872 , Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

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Theotiste JANELLE was born abt. 1790 in Québec Province, Canada

Theotiste JANELLE was the child of Joseph JANELLE and Louise CHORET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François JANELLE and Françoise BENOIT (maternal) Jacques CHORET and Marie-Louise-Elisabeth LAROCHE

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

Theotiste married Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT 16 May 1814 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT was born 12 May 1762 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 3 November 1842 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of François BOISVERT and Marie-Geneviève MARTEL.

Theotiste JANELLE died 8 September 1872 in Pierreville, Yamaska, 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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Theotiste JANELLE married

Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT-- Date: 16 May 1814 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT was the child of François BOISVERT and Marie-Geneviève MARTEL

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT and Theotiste JANELLE:

Catherine BOISVERT (b.17 March 1832, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Joseph CAYA 28 April 1848 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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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)

1814 Marriage / Partner
Theotiste JANELLE and Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT 16 May 1814, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, 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)

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

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

1832 Birth of Child
Catherine BOISVERT was born 17 March 1832, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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

1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT died 3 November 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, 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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Catherine BOISVERT married 28 April 1848, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Joseph CAYA

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

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.