Joseph BASTARACHE

(b. 28 January 1791 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 31 October 1858 , St-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec, Canada )

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Joseph BASTARACHE was born 28 January 1791 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Joseph BASTARACHE was the child of Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE and Marie-Louise RIVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Anselme BASTARACHE and Marguerite MELANSON (maternal) Robert RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Josephte LESIEUR dite DESAULNIERS

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

Joseph married Cecile LANGLOIS 6 August 1821 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Cecile LANGLOIS was born 3 November 1801 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Cecile was the child of Antoine LANGLOIS and Louise LEMAY.

Joseph BASTARACHE died 31 October 1858 in St-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec, Canada.

m. Cecile Langlois
6 août 1821
Yamachiche, Ste-Anne, St-Maurice, 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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Joseph BASTARACHE married

Cecile LANGLOIS-- Date: 6 August 1821 Place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada

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Cecile LANGLOIS was the child of Antoine LANGLOIS and Louise LEMAY

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Children of Joseph BASTARACHE and Cecile LANGLOIS:

Cecile BASTARACHE (b.24 May 1822, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 29 December 1823, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

Dominique BASTARACHE (b.18 July 1824, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. , )

Leon BASTARACHE (b.15 July 1829, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph BASTARACHE (b.9 February 1831, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 8 December 1831, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

Olivine BASTARACHE (b.12 October 1832, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. , )

Marcelline BASTARACHE (b.22 January 1834, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph BASTARACHE (b.11 May 1835, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. , )

Louis BASTARACHE (b.15 September 1836, Louiseville, Lower Canada d. 23 January 1839, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

Zephirin BASTARACHE (b.23 May 1838, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. June 1863, Yamachiche, Canada East )

Hermine BASTARACHE (b.21 May 1840, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. , )

Augustin BASTARACHE (b.10 October 1843, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East d. 26 February 1915, Guérin, Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada)

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1791 Birth
28 January 1791
Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Baptism
28 January 1791 • parish of Saint-Anne Roman Catholic Church, Yamachiche, Québec
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Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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
Joseph BASTARACHE and Cecile LANGLOIS 6 August 1821, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 30 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Cecile BASTARACHE was born 24 May 1822, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 31 years old.

1823 Death of Child
Cecile BASTARACHE died 29 December 1823, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 32 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Dominique BASTARACHE was born 18 July 1824, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 33 years old.

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)

1829 Birth of Child
Leon BASTARACHE was born 15 July 1829, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 38 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Joseph BASTARACHE was born 9 February 1831, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 40 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Olivine BASTARACHE was born 12 October 1832, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 41 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Marcelline BASTARACHE was born 22 January 1834, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 43 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Joseph BASTARACHE was born 11 May 1835, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 44 years old.

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

1836 Birth of Child
Louis BASTARACHE was born 15 September 1836, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Joseph was 45 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Zephirin BASTARACHE was born 23 May 1838, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 47 years old.

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

1839 Death of Child
Louis BASTARACHE died 23 January 1839, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 48 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Hermine BASTARACHE was born 21 May 1840, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 49 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Augustin BASTARACHE was born 10 October 1843, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

Joseph was 52 years old.

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.