Veronique COMEAU

(b. 28 July 1822 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 17 March 1879 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Veronique COMEAU was born 28 July 1822 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Veronique COMEAU was the child of Charles COMEAU and Anastasie CAISSIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles COMEAU and Marguerite ROY (maternal) Etienne CAISSE and Françoise MAZEROLLE

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Veronique married Raphael BLANCHARD abt. 1840 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Raphael BLANCHARD was born 28 April 1812 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Raphael died 24 July 1867 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada . Raphael was the child of Raphael BLANCHARD and Pelagie DOUCET.

Veronique COMEAU died 17 March 1879 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Veronique COMEAU married

Raphael BLANCHARD-- Date: abt. 1840 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Raphael BLANCHARD was the child of Raphael BLANCHARD and Pelagie DOUCET

Children of Raphael BLANCHARD and Veronique COMEAU:

Marie Rachel BLANCHARD (b.19 August 1842, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 28 October 1888, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Cyprien GIONET 7 January 1861

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1822 Birth
28 July 1822
Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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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

1842 Birth of Child
Marie Rachel BLANCHARD was born 19 August 1842, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Veronique was 20 years old.

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)

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.