Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS

(b. 25 January 1795 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada d. 28 March 1870 , Lambton, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS was born 25 January 1795 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS was the child of Clement LANGLOIS and Rose QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LANGLOIS and Rose GAGNON (maternal) Jean-Baptiste QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Madeleine GAGNON

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Claire COTIN dite DUGAL 10 May 1819 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada . Marie-Claire COTIN dite DUGAL was born 20 January 1794 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Claire died 15 August 1839 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Marie-Claire was the child of Pierre COTIN dit DUGAL and Françoise LACROIX.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Genevieve ROY 8 February 1841 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve ROY was born 30 June 1818 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Genevieve was the child of Thomas ROY and Madeleine RUEL.

Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS died 28 March 1870 in Lambton, 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 LANGLOIS married

Marie-Claire COTIN dite DUGAL-- Date: 10 May 1819 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada
Marie-Claire COTIN dite DUGAL was the child of Pierre COTIN dit DUGAL and Françoise LACROIX

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS and Marie-Claire COTIN dite DUGAL:

Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS married

Genevieve ROY-- Date: 8 February 1841 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East
Genevieve ROY was the child of Thomas ROY and Madeleine RUEL

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS and Genevieve ROY:

Alexandre LANGLOIS (b.5 January 1856, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East d. , )
m. Ellen (Helene) MELADY 18 May 1881 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1795 Birth
25 January 1795
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS and Marie-Claire COTIN dite DUGAL 10 May 1819 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 24 years old.

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

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

1839 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Claire COTIN dite DUGAL died 15 August 1839, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS and Genevieve ROY 8 February 1841, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

He was 46 years old.

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.

1856 Birth of Child
Alexandre LANGLOIS was born 5 January 1856, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Jean-Baptiste was 60 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.

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

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.