Jean-Baptiste-Elie MAJEAU

(b. 6 December 1779 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 June 1871 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste-Elie MAJEAU was born 6 December 1779 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste-Elie MAJEAU was the child of Joseph MAGEAU and Therese BEAUPIED and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph MAGEAU and Therese MOUSSEAU dite DESILETS (maternal) Julien BEAUPIED and Ursule DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

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

Jean-Baptiste-Elie married Marie-Louise MARSAN 9 January 1804 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise MARSAN was born 6 March 1787 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Louise died 16 November 1848 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Louis MARSAN dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Amable VENNE.

Jean-Baptiste-Elie MAJEAU died 24 June 1871 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, 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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Jean-Baptiste-Elie MAJEAU married

Marie-Louise MARSAN-- Date: 9 January 1804 Place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise MARSAN was the child of Louis MARSAN dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Amable VENNE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste-Elie MAJEAU and Marie-Louise MARSAN:

Joseph MAJEAU (b.7 April 1816, L'Assomption, Lower Canada d. 3 May 1899, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada )
m. Justine COITOU dite ST JEAN 28 November 1837 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

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1779 Birth
6 December 1779
Québec Province, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1804 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste-Elie MAJEAU and Marie-Louise MARSAN 9 January 1804, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 24 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Joseph MAJEAU was born 7 April 1816, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste-Elie was 36 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.

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

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

1837 Marriage of Child
Joseph MAJEAU married 28 November 1837, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada to Justine COITOU dite ST JEAN

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)

1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise MARSAN died 16 November 1848, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

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.