flag female ancestor  Marie-Elisabeth  BLAIS

  (b. 13 January 1780 Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 28 October 1860 Hull, Canada East )  

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Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS was born 13 January 1780 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS was the child of Joseph-Amable BLAIS   and   Marie-Anne LAMADELEINE dite LADOUCEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis-Charles BLAIS and Marguerite CADIEUX (maternal)  Pierre LAMADELEINE and Marie-Anne-Marguerite GAUDRY

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

Marie-Elisabeth  married  Pierre SAMSON 29 August 1808 in Rigaud, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre SAMSON  was born 9 November 1775 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire).  Pierre died 29 May 1860 in Aylmer, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.  Pierre was the child of Ignace SAMSON and Marie-Thérèse BLAIS.

Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS died 28 October 1860 in Hull, Canada East .
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS

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Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS married flag male ancestor Pierre SAMSON-- Date: 29 August 1808 Place: Rigaud, Lower Canada
Pierre SAMSON was the child of Ignace SAMSON and Marie-Thérèse BLAIS




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Children of Pierre SAMSON and Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS:

flag female ancestor Scholastique SAMSON (b.31 May 1801, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada  d. 3 April 1865, Aylmer, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada)
m. Antoine BRUNET 19 September 1825 in Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)



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birth1780 Birth
13 January 1780
Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1801 Birth of Child
Scholastique SAMSON was born 31 May 1801, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Elisabeth was 21 years old.
marriage1808 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS and Pierre SAMSON 29 August 1808, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

She was 28 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1825 Marriage of Child
Scholastique SAMSON married 19 September 1825, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud) to Antoine BRUNET
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
death1860 Death
28 October 1860
Hull, Canada East

She died at the age of 80.
Added: 11/25/2024 12:21:03 PM - Updated: 11/22/2025 5:35:57 PM

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