Marguerite LEBRETON

(b. 2 September 1802 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 23 October 1876 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Marguerite LEBRETON was born 2 September 1802 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Marguerite LEBRETON was the child of René ROBERT dit LEBRETON and Anne Apolline HEBERT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph HÉBERT and Marie Josephte VINCENT

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Marguerite married William RICHARDSON abt. 1823 . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
William RICHARDSON was born 7 October 1800 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. William died abt. 1876 in Petite-Rivière-à-la-Truite, New Brunswick, Canada.

Marguerite LEBRETON died 23 October 1876 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Marguerite LEBRETON married

William RICHARDSON-- Date: abt. 1823 Place:

Children of William RICHARDSON and Marguerite LEBRETON:

Jean RICHARDSON (b.26 December 1824, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Guillaume RICHARDSON (b.17 February 1827, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Geneviève RICHARDSON (b.30 April 1829, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 4 May 1884, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Tranquille Jean SAULNIER 1850

Marguerite RICHARDSON (b.20 September 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Marguerite RICHARDSON (b.23 October 1836, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Marie RICHARDSON (b.1 March 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Marie Celina RICHARDSON (b.13 October 1843, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

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1802 Birth
2 September 1802
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

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Baptism
13 February 1803 • parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Tracadie, New Brunswick
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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

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

1824 Birth of Child
Jean RICHARDSON was born 26 December 1824, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 22 years old.

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Guillaume RICHARDSON was born 17 February 1827, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 24 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Geneviève RICHARDSON was born 30 April 1829, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 26 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Marguerite RICHARDSON was born 20 September 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 29 years old.

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

1836 Birth of Child
Marguerite RICHARDSON was born 23 October 1836, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 34 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
Marie RICHARDSON was born 1 March 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 37 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Marie Celina RICHARDSON was born 13 October 1843, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 41 years old.

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

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.