Emerance LABERGE

(b. 18 May 1789 , Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 January 1868 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

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Emerance LABERGE was born 18 May 1789 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Emerance LABERGE was the child of Pierre LABERGE and Rosalie GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LABERGE and Louise-Angelique HUOT dite ST-LAURENT (maternal) Jerome GIRARD and Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY

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

Emerance married Jean-François BLACKBURN 20 January 1807 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jean-François BLACKBURN was born 3 December 1782 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Jean-François died 12 July 1866 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Jean-François was the child of Hugh Augustin BLACKBURN and Genevieve GAGNON.

Emerance LABERGE died 4 January 1868 in La Malbaie, 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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Emerance LABERGE married

Jean-François BLACKBURN-- Date: 20 January 1807 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Jean-François BLACKBURN was the child of Hugh Augustin BLACKBURN and Genevieve GAGNON

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Children of Jean-François BLACKBURN and Emerance LABERGE:

Henriette BLACKBURN (b.1 March 1809, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Guillaume TREMBLAY 20 September 1831 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Flavie BLACKBURN (b.abt. 1815, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 November 1894, )
m. Joseph DUFOUR 2 February 1836 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Olive BLACKBURN (b.23 October 1817, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. George BHERER 7 November 1837 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie BLACKBURN (b.5 November 1821, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 6 December 1865, Chicoutimi, Canada East )
m. Francois JEAN 5 February 1839 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1789 Birth
18 May 1789
Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Emerance LABERGE and Jean-François BLACKBURN 20 January 1807, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 17 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Henriette BLACKBURN was born 1 March 1809, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Emerance was 19 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Olive BLACKBURN was born 23 October 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Emerance was 28 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie BLACKBURN was born 5 November 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Emerance was 32 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

1831 Marriage of Child
Henriette BLACKBURN married 20 September 1831, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Guillaume TREMBLAY

1836 Marriage of Child
Flavie BLACKBURN married 2 February 1836, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Joseph DUFOUR

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
Olive BLACKBURN married 7 November 1837, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to George BHERER

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

1839 Marriage of Child
Marie BLACKBURN married 5 February 1839, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Francois JEAN

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)

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)

1865 Death of Child
Marie BLACKBURN died 6 December 1865, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Emerance was 76 years old.

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-François BLACKBURN died 12 July 1866, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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.