Augustin LEBRETON

(b. 27 December 1811 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 2 May 1900 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Augustin LEBRETON was born 27 December 1811 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Augustin LEBRETON was the child of Julien ROBERT dit LEBRETON and Magdeleine Marie GIONET and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Rene ROBERT dit LEBRETON and Marie-Thérèse BOISSEL (maternal) François GIONET (GIONAIS) and Marie LEVICAIRE

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Augustin married Marie Gertrude BRAULT 2 January 1831 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie Gertrude BRAULT was born 29 July 1817 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Gertrude died 28 June 1883 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Gertrude was the child of Placide BRAULT and Marie THIBODEAU.

Augustin LEBRETON died 2 May 1900 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Augustin LEBRETON married

Marie Gertrude BRAULT-- Date: 2 January 1831 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Marie Gertrude BRAULT was the child of Placide BRAULT and Marie THIBODEAU

Children of Augustin LEBRETON and Marie Gertrude BRAULT:

Olivier LEBRETON (b.23 December 1836, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Isaia LEBRETON (b.17 March 1839, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Marie LEBRETON (b.24 July 1841, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Hyacinthe LEBRETON (b.13 September 1843, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 20 January 1909, Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Marie Théonille BASQUE 14 January 1873 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Prosper LEBRETON (b.13 December 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Anne LEBRETON (b.6 September 1850, , New Brunswick, Canada d. 9 October 1895, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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1811 Birth
27 December 1811
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

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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)

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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Augustin LEBRETON and Marie Gertrude BRAULT 2 January 1831, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 19 years old.

1831 marriage

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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

1836 Birth of Child
Olivier LEBRETON was born 23 December 1836, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Augustin was 25 years old.

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
Isaia LEBRETON was born 17 March 1839, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Augustin was 27 years old.

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
Marie LEBRETON was born 24 July 1841, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Augustin was 29 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Hyacinthe LEBRETON was born 13 September 1843, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Augustin was 31 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Prosper LEBRETON was born 13 December 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Augustin was 33 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Anne LEBRETON was born 6 September 1850, , New Brunswick, Canada

Augustin was 38 years old.

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.