Marie Gertrude BRAULT

(b. 29 July 1817 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 28 June 1883 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Marie Gertrude BRAULT was born 29 July 1817 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie Gertrude BRAULT was the child of Placide BRAULT and Marie THIBODEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Magloire BRAULT and Marie Madeleine (Magdelaine) BASTARACHE dite BASQUE (maternal) Charles THIBODEAU and Charlotte COMEAU

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

Marie Gertrude married Augustin LEBRETON 2 January 1831 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Augustin LEBRETON was born 27 December 1811 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Augustin died 2 May 1900 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Augustin was the child of Julien ROBERT dit LEBRETON and Magdeleine Marie GIONET.

Marie Gertrude BRAULT died 28 June 1883 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Marie Gertrude BRAULT married

Augustin LEBRETON-- Date: 2 January 1831 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Augustin LEBRETON was the child of Julien ROBERT dit LEBRETON and Magdeleine Marie GIONET

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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1817 Birth
29 July 1817
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

Baptism
16 January 1818 • parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Tracadie, New Brunswick
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Baptism

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

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

She was 13 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)

Marie Gertrude was 19 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)

Marie Gertrude was 21 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)

Marie Gertrude was 24 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)

Marie Gertrude was 26 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)

Marie Gertrude was 28 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

Marie Gertrude was 33 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.