Joseph-Marie BLAIS

(b. 16 August 1750 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 29 April 1821 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie BLAIS was born 16 August 1750 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie BLAIS was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Charlotte LEBLONDE (LEBLOND) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BLAIS and Françoise BEAUDOIN (maternal) Martin LEBLONDE (LEBLOND) and Anne-Françoise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

Joseph-Marie had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Joseph-Marie married Marie-Josephte PARE 20 September 1773 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Josephte PARE was born 30 November 1752 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Marie-Josephte died 30 June 1833 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Marie-Josephte was the child of Louis PARE and Marie-Louise FOURNIER.

Joseph-Marie BLAIS died 29 April 1821 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower 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
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Joseph-Marie BLAIS married

Marie-Josephte PARE-- Date: 20 September 1773 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte PARE was the child of Louis PARE and Marie-Louise FOURNIER

Children of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Josephte PARE:

Joseph-Louis BLAIS (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Josephte BLAIS (b.8 January 1775, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 March 1840, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

Marie-Françoise BLAIS (b.16 August 1781, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 May 1860, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East )
m. Joseph MORIN 1800

Reine BLAIS (b.abt. 1792, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1750 Birth
16 August 1750
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Josephte PARE 20 September 1773 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 23 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Josephte BLAIS was born 8 January 1775, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Joseph-Marie was 24 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1781 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise BLAIS was born 16 August 1781, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Joseph-Marie was 31 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

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