Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE

(b. 13 November 1795 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 18 October 1870 , St-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec, Canada )

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Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE was born 13 November 1795 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Joseph-Firmin 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-Firmin married Angelique LAFRANCE 11 October 1831 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Angelique LAFRANCE was born 28 November 1809 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Angelique died 3 May 1854 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Angelique was the child of Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE and Euphrosine GARCEAU.

Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE died 18 October 1870 in St-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec, Canada.
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Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE married

Angelique LAFRANCE-- Date: 11 October 1831 Place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada

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Children of Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE and Angelique LAFRANCE:

Theodule BASTARACHE (b.7 July 1833, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 27 July 1859, Yamachiche, Canada East )

Pierre BASTARACHE (b.13 February 1835, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 5 October 1838, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

Francois BASTARACHE (b.16 January 1837, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. , )

Ulderic BASTARACHE (b.14 October 1838, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 10 February 1925, St-Thomas-de-Caxton, Canada)

Matilde BASTARACHE (b.29 April 1840, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 14 July 1842, Yamachiche, Canada East )

Severe BASTARACHE (b.19 March 1842, Yamachiche, Canada East d. 28 February 1926, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada )

Onesime BASTARACHE (b.19 March 1842, Yamachiche, Canada East d. 5 December 1925, Grand-Mère Co. Champlain, Quebec, Canada)

Emilie BASTARACHE (b.6 September 1843, Yamachiche, Canada East d. 24 November 1863, St-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec, Canada)

Louis-Cerille BASTARACHE (b.13 February 1845, Yamachiche, Canada East d. 17 July 1846, Yamachiche, Canada East )

Theodore BASTARACHE (b.14 June 1847, Yamachiche, Canada East d. 27 May 1902, St-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec, Canada)

Rose BASTARACHE (b.15 May 1849, Yamachiche, Canada East d. , )

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1795 Birth
13 November 1795
Yamachiche, Lower Canada

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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

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 / Partner
Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE and Angelique LAFRANCE 11 October 1831, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 35 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Theodule BASTARACHE was born 7 July 1833, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 37 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Pierre BASTARACHE was born 13 February 1835, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 39 years old.

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

1837 Birth of Child
Francois BASTARACHE was born 16 January 1837, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 41 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Death of Child
Pierre BASTARACHE died 5 October 1838, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 42 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Ulderic BASTARACHE was born 14 October 1838, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 42 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
Matilde BASTARACHE was born 29 April 1840, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 44 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
Onesime BASTARACHE was born 19 March 1842, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 46 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Severe BASTARACHE was born 19 March 1842, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 46 years old.

1842 Death of Child
Matilde BASTARACHE died 14 July 1842, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 46 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
Emilie BASTARACHE was born 6 September 1843, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 47 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Louis-Cerille BASTARACHE was born 13 February 1845, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 49 years old.

1846 Death of Child
Louis-Cerille BASTARACHE died 17 July 1846, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 50 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Theodore BASTARACHE was born 14 June 1847, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 51 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Rose BASTARACHE was born 15 May 1849, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 53 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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angelique LAFRANCE died 3 May 1854, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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

1859 Death of Child
Theodule BASTARACHE died 27 July 1859, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph-Firmin was 63 years old.

1863 Death of Child
Emilie BASTARACHE died 24 November 1863, St-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec, Canada

Joseph-Firmin was 68 years old.

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.