flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  SALVAS

  (b. 1 February 1796 Yamaska, Lower Canada   d. 3 May 1883 Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste SALVAS was born 1 February 1796 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste SALVAS was the child of Joseph SALVAS   and   Marie-Josephe-Josette HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean SALVAS and Marie-Louise PELISSIER dite LAFEUILLADE (maternal)  Charles HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Josephte LAVALLÉE

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Jeanne HOULE 4 November 1822 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jeanne HOULE  was born abt. 1798 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Jeanne was the child of Joseph HOULE (PETRIN) and Jeanne CARDIN dite LOISEAU.

Jean-Baptiste SALVAS died 3 May 1883 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada.
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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 Jean-Baptiste SALVAS

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Jean-Baptiste SALVAS married flag female ancestor Jeanne HOULE-- Date: 4 November 1822 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Jeanne HOULE was the child of Joseph HOULE (PETRIN) and Jeanne CARDIN dite LOISEAU




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Children of Jean-Baptiste SALVAS and Jeanne HOULE:

flag female ancestor Claire SALVAS (b.21 August 1834, Yamaska, Lower Canada   d. 7 December 1908, St-Martin, Martinville, Canada)
m. Bruno SALVAIL 12 April 1869 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada



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birth1796 Birth
1 February 1796
Yamaska, Lower Canada
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
marriage1822 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste SALVAS and Jeanne HOULE 4 November 1822, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 26 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1834 Birth of Child
Claire SALVAS was born 21 August 1834, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.
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.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1869 Marriage of Child
Claire SALVAS married 12 April 1869, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada to Bruno SALVAIL
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1883 Death
3 May 1883
Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 87.
Added: 4/10/2025 1:41:33 PM - Updated: 4/10/2025 1:43:30 PM

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