Amable MOREAU

(b. 28 March 1804 , Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 29 January 1870 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Amable MOREAU was born 28 March 1804 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Amable MOREAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR and Josephte BERARD dite LÉPINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Agnes DOUCET (maternal) Michel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marie-Josephte GERMAIN dite BELISLE

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

Amable married Josephte GIARD 14 February 1825 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte GIARD was born abt. 1805 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Josephte was the child of Pierre GIARD and Louise HOGUE.

Amable MOREAU died 29 January 1870 in Sorel, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Amable MOREAU

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Amable MOREAU married

Josephte GIARD-- Date: 14 February 1825 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Josephte GIARD was the child of Pierre GIARD and Louise HOGUE

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Children of Amable MOREAU and Josephte GIARD:

Louise MOREAU (b.December 1828, , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 January 1922, )
m. Edouard ST LAURENT dit CHARBONNIER 2 February 1847 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1804 Birth
28 March 1804
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Amable MOREAU and Josephte GIARD 14 February 1825, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 20 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Louise MOREAU was born December 1828, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Amable was 24 years old.

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

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Louise MOREAU married 2 February 1847, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Edouard ST LAURENT dit CHARBONNIER

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.