Thomas TRUDEL

(b. 27 June 1819 , Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 13 October 1886 , Nicolet, Québec, Canada )

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Thomas TRUDEL was born 27 June 1819 in Nicolet, Lower Canada

Thomas TRUDEL was the child of Joseph-Eustache TRUDEL and Thérèse BAZIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis TRUDEL and Marie HOUDE (maternal) Pierre BAZIN and Marianne HUS-LATRAVERSE

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

Thomas married Elisabeth HAMELIN 5 February 1850 in Berthierville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Elisabeth HAMELIN was born 27 April 1822 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Elisabeth was the child of Augustin HAMELIN and Therese BONHOMME dite BEAUPRÉ.

Thomas TRUDEL died 13 October 1886 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada .

m. Hamelin Elisabeth

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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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Family and Children of Thomas TRUDEL

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Thomas TRUDEL married

Elisabeth HAMELIN-- Date: 5 February 1850 Place: Berthierville, Canada East
Elisabeth HAMELIN was the child of Augustin HAMELIN and Therese BONHOMME dite BEAUPRÉ

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Children of Thomas TRUDEL and Elisabeth HAMELIN:

Josephine-Celanire TRUDEL (b.10 November 1850, Nicolet, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Elisabeth TRUDEL (b.24 September 1852, Nicolet, Canada East d. , )

Joseph TRUDEL (b.29 December 1857, Nicolet, Canada East d. , )

Jean-Baptiste TRUDEL (b.29 December 1857, Nicolet, Canada East d. 11 April 1859, Nicolet, Canada East )

Jean-Baptiste TRUDEL (b.24 January 1860, Nicolet, Canada East d. 19 December 1932, Nicolet, Québec, Canada )

Therese TRUDEL (b.5 December 1861, Nicolet, Canada East d. , )

Veronique TRUDEL (b.31 March 1864, Nicolet, Canada East d. , )

Pierre TRUDEL (b.6 June 1866, Nicolet, Canada East d. , )

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1819 Birth
27 June 1819
Nicolet, Lower Canada

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)

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

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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Thomas TRUDEL and Elisabeth HAMELIN 5 February 1850, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 30 years old.

1850 Birth of Child
Josephine-Celanire TRUDEL was born 10 November 1850, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Thomas was 31 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth TRUDEL was born 24 September 1852, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Thomas was 33 years old.

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TRUDEL was born 29 December 1857, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Thomas was 38 years old.

1857 Birth of Child
Joseph TRUDEL was born 29 December 1857, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Thomas was 38 years old.

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

1859 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste TRUDEL died 11 April 1859, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Thomas was 39 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TRUDEL was born 24 January 1860, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Thomas was 40 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Therese TRUDEL was born 5 December 1861, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Thomas was 42 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Veronique TRUDEL was born 31 March 1864, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Thomas was 44 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Pierre TRUDEL was born 6 June 1866, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Thomas was 46 years old.

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.