Pelagie TRAHAN

(b. 18 October 1817 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 5 February 1887 , Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada )

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Pelagie TRAHAN was born 18 October 1817 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Pelagie TRAHAN was the child of Pierre TRAHAN and Marie ISABELLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN and Marie Angelique Madeleine CLOUATRE (maternal) Etienne ISABELLE and Marguerite NORMANDIN

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

Pelagie married Louis BROUILLET (BROUET) 26 June 1837 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Louis BROUILLET (BROUET) was born 21 February 1810 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Louis died 2 June 1888 in Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET (BROUET) dit LAJEUNESSE and Angélique LEBLANC.

Pelagie TRAHAN died 5 February 1887 in Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada.
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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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Family and Children of Pelagie TRAHAN

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Pelagie TRAHAN married

Louis BROUILLET (BROUET)-- Date: 26 June 1837 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Louis BROUILLET (BROUET) was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET (BROUET) dit LAJEUNESSE and Angélique LEBLANC

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Children of Louis BROUILLET (BROUET) and Pelagie TRAHAN:

Philomene BROUILLET (b.abt. 1838, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. abt. 1838, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

Louis BROUILLET (b.28 March 1839, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 16 October 1913, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA)

Michel BROUILLET (b.14 February 1841, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 12 February 1913, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada )

Celina BROUILLET (b.18 September 1842, L'Acadie, Canada East d. 14 December 1844, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East)

Pierre BROUILLET (b.19 July 1844, Saint-Césaire, Canada East d. 14 December 1844, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East)

Moise BROUILLETTE (b.4 September 1846, , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 May 1925, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA)

Marie-Marceline BROUILLET (b.April 1849, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East d. 2 July 1878, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada)

Julien BROUILLET (b.30 January 1851, Saint-Césaire, Canada East d. 30 June 1924, Saint-Gabriel-de-Ferland, Quebec, Canada)

Theole BROUILLET (b.2 January 1852, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East d. , )

Tharsile BROUILLET (b.12 July 1855, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East d. 3 May 1938, Blackstone, Massachusetts, USA)

Azilda BROUILLETTE (BROUILLET) (b.17 November 1857, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East d. 21 July 1934, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA)

Marie BROUILLET (b.17 October 1859, Saint-Césaire, Canada East d. 1 February 1860, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East)

Marie-Rosalie BROUILLET (b.22 November 1860, Saint-Césaire, Canada East d. , )

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1817 Birth
18 October 1817
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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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

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

1837 Marriage / Partner
Pelagie TRAHAN and Louis BROUILLET (BROUET) 26 June 1837, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She 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
Louis BROUILLET was born 28 March 1839, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Pelagie 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
Michel BROUILLET was born 14 February 1841, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Pelagie was 23 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Celina BROUILLET was born 18 September 1842, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pelagie 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Pierre BROUILLET was born 19 July 1844, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Pelagie was 26 years old.

1844 Death of Child
Celina BROUILLET died 14 December 1844, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie was 27 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Moise BROUILLETTE was born 4 September 1846, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Pelagie was 28 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Marceline BROUILLET was born April 1849, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie was 31 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Julien BROUILLET was born 30 January 1851, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Pelagie was 33 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Theole BROUILLET was born 2 January 1852, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie was 34 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Birth of Child
Tharsile BROUILLET was born 12 July 1855, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie was 37 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Azilda BROUILLETTE (BROUILLET) was born 17 November 1857, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie was 40 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Marie BROUILLET was born 17 October 1859, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Pelagie was 42 years old.

1860 Death of Child
Marie BROUILLET died 1 February 1860, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie was 42 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Marie-Rosalie BROUILLET was born 22 November 1860, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Pelagie was 43 years old.

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.