Jean LACHAUME

(b. 11 August 1779 , Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 April 1870 , Matane, Québec, Canada )

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Jean LACHAUME was born 11 August 1779 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean LACHAUME was the child of Jean François LACHAUME and Marie-Desanges MARTEL and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph MARTEL and Marie-Geneviève TREMBLAY

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

Jean married Claire MERCIER 13 January 1807 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claire MERCIER was born 1 April 1782 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Claire died 12 September 1869 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane). Claire was the child of Joseph-Pascal MERCIER and Josephte BERNIER.

Jean LACHAUME died 10 April 1870 in Matane, 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 LACHAUME married

Claire MERCIER-- Date: 13 January 1807 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Claire MERCIER was the child of Joseph-Pascal MERCIER and Josephte BERNIER

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Children of Jean LACHAUME and Claire MERCIER:

Marie LACHAUME (b.5 July 1809, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 2 June 1898, Sainte-Félicité, Matane, Québec, Canada )
m. Julien TREMBLAY 31 August 1829 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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1779 Birth
11 August 1779
Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, 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)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Jean LACHAUME and Claire MERCIER 13 January 1807, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 27 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Marie LACHAUME was born 5 July 1809, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean was 29 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)

1829 Marriage of Child
Marie LACHAUME married 31 August 1829, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane) to Julien TREMBLAY

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)

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.