Marie-Modeste DUBE

(b. 7 November 1806 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 14 January 1871 , Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada )

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Marie-Modeste DUBE was born 7 November 1806 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Marie-Modeste DUBE was the child of Pierre-Roch DUBE and Angelique PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DUBE and Marie-Anne PELLETIER (maternal) Gabriel PELLETIER and Angélique CASTONGUAY

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

Marie-Modeste married Charles BLANCHET 19 July 1825 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles BLANCHET was born 30 October 1800 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Charles died 9 June 1857 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Charles was the child of Pierre BLANCHET and Marie-Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT.

Marie-Modeste DUBE died 14 January 1871 in Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Lotbinière, Quebec, 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-Modeste DUBE married

Charles BLANCHET-- Date: 19 July 1825 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Charles BLANCHET was the child of Pierre BLANCHET and Marie-Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

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Children of Charles BLANCHET and Marie-Modeste DUBE:

Pierre BLANCHET (b.3 July 1831, Lotbinière, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Louise BELANGER 1 August 1859 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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1806 Birth
7 November 1806
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Modeste DUBE and Charles BLANCHET 19 July 1825, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

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

1831 Birth of Child
Pierre BLANCHET was born 3 July 1831, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Marie-Modeste was 24 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)

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.

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles BLANCHET died 9 June 1857, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Marriage of Child
Pierre BLANCHET married 1 August 1859, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) to Marie-Louise BELANGER

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.