François BRIDEAU

(b. 22 August 1791 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 31 December 1870 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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François BRIDEAU was born 22 August 1791 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

François BRIDEAU was the child of Louis-Mathieu BRIDEAU and Marie Judith HÉBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BRIDEAU and Marie-Thérèse THOMAS (maternal) Joseph HÉBERT and Marie Josephte VINCENT

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

François married Anne MCLAUGHLIN 6 February 1816 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Anne MCLAUGHLIN was born 2 January 1798 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Anne died 1 February 1830 in New Brunswick, Canada. Anne was the child of Charles MCLAUGHLIN and Anne ROBERT dite LEBRETON.

François BRIDEAU died 31 December 1870 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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François BRIDEAU married

Anne MCLAUGHLIN-- Date: 6 February 1816 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Anne MCLAUGHLIN was the child of Charles MCLAUGHLIN and Anne ROBERT dite LEBRETON

Children of François BRIDEAU and Anne MCLAUGHLIN:

Basile BRIDEAU (b.24 May 1818, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Mary POWER 19 February 1844 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Charles Augustin BRIDEAU (b.17 August 1820, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. abt. 1867, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Marie Jeanne THIBODEAU 19 February 1844 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Christine BRIDEAU (b.3 March 1823, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

François Xavier BRIDEAU (b.21 February 1825, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 5 October 1904, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Adenise (Adonisse) ROBICHAUD 22 February 1832 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

David BRIDEAU (b.27 September 1827, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Emilie BRIDEAU (b.26 January 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Hugh POWER 11 August 1851 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Charlotte BRIDEAU (b.10 May 1837, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 22 April 1902, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Jean-Louis Tranquille LOSIER 22 February 1852 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Jacques BRIDEAU (b.2 October 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

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1791 Birth
22 August 1791
Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
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1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
François BRIDEAU and Anne MCLAUGHLIN 6 February 1816, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 24 years old.

1816 marriage

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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.

1818 Birth of Child
Basile BRIDEAU was born 24 May 1818, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François was 26 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Charles Augustin BRIDEAU was born 17 August 1820, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François was 29 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Christine BRIDEAU was born 3 March 1823, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François was 31 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
François Xavier BRIDEAU was born 21 February 1825, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François was 33 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
David BRIDEAU was born 27 September 1827, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François was 36 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne MCLAUGHLIN died 1 February 1830, , New Brunswick, Canada

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Emilie BRIDEAU was born 26 January 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François was 39 years old.

1832 Marriage of Child
François Xavier BRIDEAU married 22 February 1832, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Adenise (Adonisse) ROBICHAUD

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Charlotte BRIDEAU was born 10 May 1837, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François was 45 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

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

1840 Birth of Child
Jacques BRIDEAU was born 2 October 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François was 49 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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Basile BRIDEAU married 19 February 1844, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Mary POWER

1844 Marriage of Child
Charles Augustin BRIDEAU married 19 February 1844, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Marie Jeanne THIBODEAU

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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Emilie BRIDEAU married 11 August 1851, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Hugh POWER

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

1852 Marriage of Child
Charlotte BRIDEAU married 22 February 1852, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Jean-Louis Tranquille LOSIER

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

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.