Louis BLAIS

(b. 6 October 1763 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 December 1830 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Louis BLAIS was born 6 October 1763 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis 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)

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

Louis married Marie-Roger BLANCHET 10 August 1784 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Roger BLANCHET was born 20 July 1766 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Marie-Roger died 22 April 1848 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Marie-Roger was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET and Marie-Genevieve DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD.

Louis BLAIS died 31 December 1830 in Québec Province, Canada.

m. Blanchet Marie-Roger

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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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Louis BLAIS married

Marie-Roger BLANCHET-- Date: 10 August 1784 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Roger BLANCHET was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET and Marie-Genevieve DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

Children of Louis BLAIS and Marie-Roger BLANCHET:

Louis BLAIS (b.abt. 1786, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Jean-Francois BLAIS (b.6 February 1787, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Joseph-Marc BLAIS (b.abt. 1797, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Rosalie-Rose BLAIS (b.24 June 1802, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada d. 15 February 1827, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)

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1763 Birth
6 October 1763
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Louis BLAIS and Marie-Roger BLANCHET 10 August 1784, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Jean-Francois BLAIS was born 6 February 1787, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Louis was 23 years old.

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)

1802 Birth of Child
Rosalie-Rose BLAIS was born 24 June 1802, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Louis was 38 years old.

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