Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER

(b. 26 April 1785 , Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 April 1869 , Champlain, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER was born 26 April 1785 in Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER was the child of Rene CARPENTIER and Josephte LEPELLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Rene CARPENTIER and Marguerite PEPIN (maternal) Francois LEPELLE and Josephte DURAND

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

Jean-Baptiste married Louise BIGOT dite DUVAL 22 February 1808 in Champlain, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise BIGOT dite DUVAL was born abt. 1782 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louise died 15 August 1865 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Louise was the child of Joseph BIGOT dit DUVAL and Marguerite BEAUFORT.

Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER died 9 April 1869 in Champlain, 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-Baptiste CARPENTIER married

Louise BIGOT dite DUVAL-- Date: 22 February 1808 Place: Champlain, Lower Canada
Louise BIGOT dite DUVAL was the child of Joseph BIGOT dit DUVAL and Marguerite BEAUFORT

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Children of Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER and Louise BIGOT dite DUVAL:

Esther CARPENTIER (b.22 June 1812, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste BRONSARD dit LANGEVIN 29 July 1834 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

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1785 Birth
26 April 1785
Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER and Louise BIGOT dite DUVAL 22 February 1808, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

He was 22 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Esther CARPENTIER was born 22 June 1812, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage of Child
Esther CARPENTIER married 29 July 1834, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Jean-Baptiste BRONSARD dit LANGEVIN

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)

1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louise BIGOT dite DUVAL died 15 August 1865, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

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.