Jean-Baptiste LETOURNEAU

(b. 28 August 1801 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 20 September 1870 , Stuckley-Nord, Shefford, Quebec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LETOURNEAU was born 28 August 1801 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste LETOURNEAU was the child of ? and ?

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Modeste GUILMAIN 9 October 1821 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Modeste GUILMAIN was born 15 May 1802 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Modeste died 8 July 1867 in Stuckley-Nord, Shefford, Quebec, Canada.

Jean-Baptiste LETOURNEAU died 20 September 1870 in Stuckley-Nord, Shefford, Quebec, 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 LETOURNEAU married

Marie-Modeste GUILMAIN-- Date: 9 October 1821 Place: La Présentation, Lower Canada

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LETOURNEAU and Marie-Modeste GUILMAIN:

Modeste-Edesse LETOURNEAU (b.18 November 1822, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 30 December 1901, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre LOISELLE 27 May 1845 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1801 Birth
28 August 1801
Saint-Hyacinthe, 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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LETOURNEAU and Marie-Modeste GUILMAIN 9 October 1821, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

He was 20 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Modeste-Edesse LETOURNEAU was born 18 November 1822, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Jean-Baptiste was 21 years old.

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

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Modeste-Edesse LETOURNEAU married 27 May 1845, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Pierre LOISELLE

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.