Louis LEBLANC

(b. 5 October 1803 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 5 October 1876 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Louis LEBLANC was born 5 October 1803 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Louis LEBLANC was the child of Louis LEBLANC and Marie-Josephte VIGEANT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Cajetan LEBLANC and Marie-Amable MARTIN (maternal) Florentin VIGEANT dit TAUPIER and Marie-Josephe GAZAILLE dite ST-GERMAIN

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

Louis married Sophie PARÉ 2 August 1825 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 16 children.
Sophie PARÉ was born 26 May 1808 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Sophie died 29 September 1880 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Sophie was the child of Leon PARÉ and Marie-Angélique GRENIER.

Louis LEBLANC died 5 October 1876 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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Family and Children of Louis LEBLANC

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Louis LEBLANC married

Sophie PARÉ-- Date: 2 August 1825 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Sophie PARÉ was the child of Leon PARÉ and Marie-Angélique GRENIER

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Children of Louis LEBLANC and Sophie PARÉ:

Louis LEBLANC (b.2 August 1826, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 12 August 1826, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)

Paul LEBLANC (b.18 July 1827, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Julien LEBLANC (b.21 February 1829, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Magloire LEBLANC (b.15 April 1830, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie-Louise LEBLANC (b.12 February 1832, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Pierre LEBLANC (b.16 May 1833, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 1 April 1894, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Hedwidge ARCHAMBAULT 1 April 1856 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Octave LEBLANC (b.8 January 1835, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Michel LEBLANC (b.17 September 1836, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Emilie LEBLANC (b.11 June 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Jean Baptiste LEBLANC (b.20 May 1840, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 14 August 1900, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )

Marie-Zoe LEBLANC (b.28 January 1842, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. , )

Alphonse LEBLANC (b.13 May 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. , )

Louis LEBLANC (b.11 October 1846, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. , )

Marie LEBLANC (b.2 February 1848, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. , )

Philomene LEBLANC (b.19 November 1849, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Aurelie LEBLANC (b.19 May 1851, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. , )

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1803 Birth
5 October 1803
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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
Louis LEBLANC and Sophie PARÉ 2 August 1825, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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

1826 Birth of Child
Louis LEBLANC was born 2 August 1826, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 22 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Paul LEBLANC was born 18 July 1827, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 23 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Julien LEBLANC was born 21 February 1829, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 25 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Magloire LEBLANC was born 15 April 1830, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 26 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LEBLANC was born 12 February 1832, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 28 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Pierre LEBLANC was born 16 May 1833, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 29 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Joseph-Octave LEBLANC was born 8 January 1835, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 31 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Michel LEBLANC was born 17 September 1836, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 32 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Emilie LEBLANC was born 11 June 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 34 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste LEBLANC was born 20 May 1840, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 36 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Marie-Zoe LEBLANC was born 28 January 1842, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 38 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Alphonse LEBLANC was born 13 May 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 39 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Louis LEBLANC was born 11 October 1846, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 43 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Marie LEBLANC was born 2 February 1848, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 44 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Philomene LEBLANC was born 19 November 1849, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 46 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Marie-Aurelie LEBLANC was born 19 May 1851, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 47 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEBLANC married 1 April 1856, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Hedwidge ARCHAMBAULT

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.