Joseph FILTEAU (FECTEAU)

(b. abt. 1802 , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 February 1886 , Beauceville, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph FILTEAU (FECTEAU) was born abt. 1802 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph FILTEAU (FECTEAU) was the child of Pierre FILTEAU (FECTEAU) and Marie-Josephe RANCOURT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste FILTEAU (FECTEAU) and Marie Anne BRUN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste RANCOURT and Monique-Euphrosine BOUCHER

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

Joseph married Josephte LESSARD 30 September 1823 in Beauceville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Josephte LESSARD was born abt. 1803 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Josephte was the child of Etienne LESSARD and Marie-Josephte VERPILLON dite DEFOND.

Joseph FILTEAU (FECTEAU) died 7 February 1886 in Beauceville, Québec, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Joseph FILTEAU (FECTEAU)

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Joseph FILTEAU (FECTEAU) married

Josephte LESSARD-- Date: 30 September 1823 Place: Beauceville, Lower Canada
Josephte LESSARD was the child of Etienne LESSARD and Marie-Josephte VERPILLON dite DEFOND

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Children of Joseph FILTEAU (FECTEAU) and Josephte LESSARD:

Joseph FECTEAU (b.15 July 1824, Québec, Lower Canada d. 6 July 1905, Beauceville, Québec, Canada )

Marcelline FECTEAU (b.14 April 1826, Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 22 February 1869, Beauceville, Québec, Canada )

Thomas FECTEAU (b.23 May 1829, Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 14 September 1829, Beauceville, Lower Canada )

Rose-Delima FECTEAU (b.1 December 1830, Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 21 July 1897, Beauceville, Québec, Canada )

Louis FECTEAU (b.24 November 1832, Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 5 August 1917, Beauceville, Québec, Canada )

Charles-Benoni FECTEAU (b.17 January 1835, Beauceville, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie FECTEAU (b.27 March 1837, Beauceville, Lower Canada d. , )

Pierre FECTEAU (b.30 March 1839, Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 25 March 1876, Beauceville, Québec, Canada )
m. Nathalie BOURQUE 7 October 1862 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Magloire FILTEAU (FECTEAU) (b.14 March 1841, Beauceville, Canada East d. 21 June 1876, Saint-Ephrem, Beauce, Quebec, Canada)

Sophie FECTEAU (b.23 July 1843, Beauceville, Canada East d. 23 August 1903, Saint-Zacharie, Beauce, Quebec, Canada)

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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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Marriage / Partner
Joseph FILTEAU (FECTEAU) and Josephte LESSARD 30 September 1823, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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

1824 Birth of Child
Joseph FECTEAU was born 15 July 1824, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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

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

1826 Birth of Child
Marcelline FECTEAU was born 14 April 1826, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1829 Birth of Child
Thomas FECTEAU was born 23 May 1829, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Rose-Delima FECTEAU was born 1 December 1830, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

1832 Birth of Child
Louis FECTEAU was born 24 November 1832, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

1835 Birth of Child
Charles-Benoni FECTEAU was born 17 January 1835, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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

1837 Birth of Child
Marie FECTEAU was born 27 March 1837, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1839 Birth of Child
Pierre FECTEAU was born 30 March 1839, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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

1841 Birth of Child
Magloire FILTEAU (FECTEAU) was born 14 March 1841, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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
Sophie FECTEAU was born 23 July 1843, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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)

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

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Pierre FECTEAU married 7 October 1862, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce) to Nathalie BOURQUE

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.