flag male ancestor  Louis  CROTEAU

  (b. 18 March 1802 Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada   d. 29 September 1873 Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada )  

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Louis CROTEAU was born 18 March 1802 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Louis CROTEAU was the child of Louis CROTEAU dit VINCENT   and   Marie-Geneviève VERRET dite CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis-Marie CROTEAU dit VINCENT and Charlotte COULOMBE (maternal)  Michel VERRET and Marie-Amable LAROQUEBRUNE (ROCH)

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Louis  married  Josephte MONTAMBAULT 14 February 1825 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte MONTAMBAULT  was born 6 October 1805 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Josephte died 16 January 1890 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Josephte was the child of Joseph MONTAMBAULT and Marie GIGNAC.

Louis CROTEAU died 29 September 1873 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, 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.

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birth1802 Birth
18 March 1802
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1825 Marriage / Partner
Louis CROTEAU and Josephte MONTAMBAULT 14 February 1825, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 22 years old.
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)
marriage1851 Marriage of Child
Celina CROTEAU married 2 September 1851, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Charles RICHER
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
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
death1873 Death
29 September 1873
Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 71.
Added: 11/14/2021 11:22:03 AM - Updated: 11/14/2021 11:27:46 AM

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