Jean-Baptiste MOREAU

(b. 16 November 1797 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 20 July 1845 , La Baie, Canada East )

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Jean-Baptiste MOREAU was born 16 November 1797 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste MOREAU was the child of Jean MOREAU and Marie-Louise NERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean MOREAU and Elisabeth NAVARRE (maternal) Jean NERON and Marie-Elisabeth BOUCHARD

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

Jean-Baptiste married Henriette POTVIN 24 November 1829 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henriette POTVIN was born 26 April 1807 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Henriette was the child of Jean-Joseph POTVIN and Agnes TREMBLAY.

Jean-Baptiste MOREAU died 20 July 1845 in La Baie, Canada East .
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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 MOREAU married

Henriette POTVIN-- Date: 24 November 1829 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Henriette POTVIN was the child of Jean-Joseph POTVIN and Agnes TREMBLAY

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Children of Jean-Baptiste MOREAU and Henriette POTVIN:

Sophie MOREAU (b.24 July 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 4 June 1899, La Baie, Québec, Canada )
m. Hippolyte TREMBLAY 23 November 1852 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1797 Birth
16 November 1797
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MOREAU and Henriette POTVIN 24 November 1829, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 32 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Sophie MOREAU was born 24 July 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 34 years old.

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)