Marie LAJOIE

(b. abt. 1791 , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 July 1868 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

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Marie LAJOIE was born abt. 1791 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie LAJOIE was the child of François LAJOIE and Marie-Thérèse BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) François LAJOIE and Brigitte DESBIENS (maternal) Antoine BOUCHARD and Jeanne GAGNON

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

Marie married Henri BILODEAU 5 November 1811 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henri BILODEAU was born 8 June 1788 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Henri died 6 April 1847 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Henri was the child of Guillaume BILODEAU and Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD.

Marie LAJOIE died 12 July 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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Marie LAJOIE married

Henri BILODEAU-- Date: 5 November 1811 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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Henri BILODEAU was the child of Guillaume BILODEAU and Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD

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Children of Henri BILODEAU and Marie LAJOIE:

Flavien BILODEAU (b.2 September 1812, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 21 September 1880, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Louise VILLENEUVE 12 February 1833 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

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

1811 Marriage / Partner
Marie LAJOIE and Henri BILODEAU 5 November 1811, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

1812 Birth of Child
Flavien BILODEAU was born 2 September 1812, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

1833 Marriage of Child
Flavien BILODEAU married 12 February 1833, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Marie-Louise VILLENEUVE

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)

1847 Death of Spouse/Partner
Henri BILODEAU died 6 April 1847, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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.