Joseph-Cajeton LEBLANC

(b. 17 April 1808 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 2 June 1892 , La Présentation, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Cajeton LEBLANC was born 17 April 1808 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Joseph-Cajeton LEBLANC was the child of Augustin LEBLANC and Geneviève BREAU (BRAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Cajetan LEBLANC and Marie-Amable MARTIN (maternal) Jean Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT) and Brigitte LAVIOLETTE

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

Joseph-Cajeton married Marie Rose (Rosalie) RICHARD 25 September 1838 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Marie Rose (Rosalie) RICHARD was born 15 March 1822 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie Rose (Rosalie) died 16 August 1880 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) . Marie Rose (Rosalie) was the child of Pierre-Antoine RICHARD and Marie-Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT.

Joseph-Cajeton LEBLANC died 2 June 1892 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Joseph-Cajeton LEBLANC

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Joseph-Cajeton LEBLANC married

Marie Rose (Rosalie) RICHARD-- Date: 25 September 1838 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Marie Rose (Rosalie) RICHARD was the child of Pierre-Antoine RICHARD and Marie-Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT

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Children of Joseph-Cajeton LEBLANC and Marie Rose (Rosalie) RICHARD:

Joseph LEBLANC (b.31 October 1839, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 17 September 1924, Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada )

Cajetan LEBLANC (b.17 August 1841, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 4 October 1882, La Présentation, Québec, Canada )

Charles LEBLANC (b.4 June 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 17 April 1875, La Présentation, Québec, Canada )
m. Sophie ANGER 29 April 1867 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Rosalie LEBLANC (b.15 March 1846, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 23 January 1888, La Présentation, Québec, Canada )

Luc-Eustache LEBLANC (b.17 October 1848, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 17 April 1851, La Présentation, Canada East )

Augustine-Francois-Assisi LEBLANC (b.3 September 1850, La Présentation, Canada East d. , )

Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC (b.12 April 1852, La Présentation, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Geneviève LEBLANC (b.24 March 1854, La Présentation, Canada East d. 27 January 1931, La Présentation, Québec, Canada )

Louis LEBLANC (b.5 October 1855, La Présentation, Canada East d. 23 September 1937, La Présentation, Québec, Canada )

Adeline LEBLANC (b.23 March 1857, La Présentation, Canada East d. 31 July 1933, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA)

Emelie LEBLANC (b.8 March 1859, La Présentation, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Virginia LEBLANC (b.23 November 1861, La Présentation, Canada East d. 5 June 1888, La Présentation, Québec, Canada )

François LEBLANC (b.abt. 1863, La Présentation, Canada East d. , )

Vitaline LEBLANC (b.abt. 1867, Saint-Jude, Canada East d. 20 July 1905, Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA )

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1808 Birth
17 April 1808
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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)

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

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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Cajeton LEBLANC and Marie Rose (Rosalie) RICHARD 25 September 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 30 years old.

1838 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Joseph LEBLANC was born 31 October 1839, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Cajeton was 31 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Cajetan LEBLANC was born 17 August 1841, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Cajeton was 33 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Charles LEBLANC was born 4 June 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Cajeton was 35 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Rosalie LEBLANC was born 15 March 1846, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Cajeton was 37 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Luc-Eustache LEBLANC was born 17 October 1848, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Cajeton was 40 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Augustine-Francois-Assisi LEBLANC was born 3 September 1850, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Joseph-Cajeton was 42 years old.

1851 Death of Child
Luc-Eustache LEBLANC died 17 April 1851, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Joseph-Cajeton was 43 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC was born 12 April 1852, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Joseph-Cajeton was 44 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève LEBLANC was born 24 March 1854, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Joseph-Cajeton was 45 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Louis LEBLANC was born 5 October 1855, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Joseph-Cajeton was 47 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Adeline LEBLANC was born 23 March 1857, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Joseph-Cajeton was 48 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Emelie LEBLANC was born 8 March 1859, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Joseph-Cajeton was 50 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Marie-Virginia LEBLANC was born 23 November 1861, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Joseph-Cajeton was 53 years old.

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.

1867 Marriage of Child
Charles LEBLANC married 29 April 1867, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Sophie ANGER

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 Canada

1875 Death of Child
Charles LEBLANC died 17 April 1875, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Joseph-Cajeton was 67 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Rose (Rosalie) RICHARD died 16 August 1880, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

1882 Death of Child
Cajetan LEBLANC died 4 October 1882, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Joseph-Cajeton was 74 years old.

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)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1888 Death of Child
Rosalie LEBLANC died 23 January 1888, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Joseph-Cajeton was 79 years old.

1888 Death of Child
Marie-Virginia LEBLANC died 5 June 1888, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Joseph-Cajeton was 80 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 Death
2 June 1892
La Présentation, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 84.

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