flag female ancestor  Catherine  DRAPEAU

  (b. 26 October 1820 Rimouski, Lower Canada   d. 3 May 1904 Val-Brillant, Cté Matapédia, Quebec, Canada )  

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Catherine DRAPEAU was born 26 October 1820 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Catherine DRAPEAU was the child of Joseph DRAPEAU   and   Marguerite CHORET and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre DRAPEAU and Josephte MARANDA (maternal)  Augustin CHORET and Josephte SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

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Catherine  married  Germain GENDRON 9 January 1849 in Sainte-Luce, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Germain GENDRON  was born 9 October 1826 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic).  Germain died 27 July 1910 in Val-Brillant, Cté Matapédia, Quebec, Canada.  Germain was the child of Prudent GENDRON and Henriette CHAMARD.

Catherine DRAPEAU died 3 May 1904 in Val-Brillant, Cté Matapédia, Quebec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Catherine DRAPEAU

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Catherine DRAPEAU married flag male ancestor Germain GENDRON-- Date: 9 January 1849 Place: Sainte-Luce, Canada East
Germain GENDRON was the child of Prudent GENDRON and Henriette CHAMARD




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Children of Germain GENDRON and Catherine DRAPEAU:

flag male ancestor Jean "Johnny" GENDRON (b.30 August 1843, Sainte-Luce, Canada East   d. 24 February 1924, Sayabec, Cté Matapédia, Québec, Canada)

flag female ancestor Philomene GENDRON (b.12 August 1850, Sainte-Luce, Canada East   d. , )

flag female ancestor Adele GENDRON (b.25 July 1852, Sainte-Flavie, Canada East  d. 21 February 1921, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

flag male ancestor Elzear GENDRON (b.24 May 1854, Sainte-Flavie, Canada East  d. , )

flag male ancestor Arthur-Louis GENDRON (b.18 January 1856, Sainte-Flavie, Canada East  d. , )

flag female ancestor Adeline GENDRON (b.24 July 1857, Sainte-Flavie, Canada East  d. abt. 1930, Boston, Massachusetts, USA )

flag male ancestor Achille GENDRON (b.11 October 1859, Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Canada East  d. , )

flag female ancestor Eugenie Marie GENDRON (b.20 May 1861, Baie-des-Sables, Cté Rimouski, Quebec, Canada  d. , )



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birth1820 Birth
26 October 1820
Rimouski, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1843 Birth of Child
Jean "Johnny" GENDRON was born 30 August 1843, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

Catherine was 22 years old.
marriage1849 Marriage / Partner
Catherine DRAPEAU and Germain GENDRON 9 January 1849, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

She was 28 years old.
1850 Birth of Child
Philomene GENDRON was born 12 August 1850, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

Catherine was 29 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
1852 Birth of Child
Adele GENDRON was born 25 July 1852, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 31 years old.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1854 Birth of Child
Elzear GENDRON was born 24 May 1854, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 33 years old.
1856 Birth of Child
Arthur-Louis GENDRON was born 18 January 1856, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 35 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1857 Birth of Child
Adeline GENDRON was born 24 July 1857, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 36 years old.
1859 Birth of Child
Achille GENDRON was born 11 October 1859, Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 38 years old.
1861 Birth of Child
Eugenie Marie GENDRON was born 20 May 1861, Baie-des-Sables, Cté Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Catherine was 40 years old.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
death1904 Death
3 May 1904
Val-Brillant, Cté Matapédia, Quebec, Canada

She died at the age of 83.
Added: 9/4/2011 11:05:44 AM - Updated: 12/22/2024 12:27:48 AM

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