Jean-Baptiste
ARBOUR
(b.
15 March 1806
,
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
d.
12 December 1886
,
Ste-Émélie de l'Énergie, Joliette, Québec, Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR was born 15 March 1806 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Emilie DORVAL 16 October 1827 in Joliette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Emilie DORVAL was born 2 August 1810 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Emilie died 10 June 1888 in Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, Joliette, Quebec, Canada.
Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR died 12 December 1886 in Ste-Émélie de l'Énergie, Joliette, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR
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Marie-Emilie DORVAL-- Date: 16 October 1827 Place: Joliette, Lower Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR and Marie-Emilie DORVAL:
Joseph ARBOUR (b.14 September 1841, Joliette, Canada East d. 6 November 1940, Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, Matawinie, Québec, Canada)
m. Georgine ROBERT dite CHARTIER 15 January 1866
Marie-Emilie DORVAL-- Date: 16 October 1827 Place: Joliette, Lower Canada Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR and Marie-Emilie DORVAL:
Joseph ARBOUR (b.14 September 1841, Joliette, Canada East d. 6 November 1940, Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, Matawinie, Québec, Canada)m. Georgine ROBERT dite CHARTIER 15 January 1866
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1806 Birth 15 March 1806
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
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
1827 Marriage / PartnerJean-Baptiste ARBOUR and Marie-Emilie DORVAL 16 October 1827, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)
He was 21 years old.
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada1841 Birth of ChildJoseph ARBOUR was born 14 September 1841, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)
Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
1886 Death 12 December 1886
Ste-Émélie de l'Énergie, Joliette, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 80.
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