Mathilde (Bathilde) BRIDEAU

(b. 9 April 1809 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 23 November 1878 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Mathilde (Bathilde) BRIDEAU was born 9 April 1809 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Mathilde (Bathilde) BRIDEAU was the child of Louis-Mathieu BRIDEAU and Marie Judith HÉBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BRIDEAU and Marie-Thérèse THOMAS (maternal) Joseph HÉBERT and Marie Josephte VINCENT

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Mathilde (Bathilde) married Michel FERGUSON 16 July 1832 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Michel FERGUSON was born 18 October 1812 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Michel was the child of William FERGUSON and Esther RICHARD.

Mathilde (Bathilde) BRIDEAU died 23 November 1878 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Mathilde (Bathilde) BRIDEAU married

Michel FERGUSON-- Date: 16 July 1832 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Michel FERGUSON was the child of William FERGUSON and Esther RICHARD

Children of Michel FERGUSON and Mathilde (Bathilde) BRIDEAU:

Michel FERGUSON (b.1 May 1832, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Guillaume FERGUSON (b.25 December 1836, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

George FERGUSON (b.April 1838, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Jean Baptiste FERGUSON (b.18 October 1839, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Mary Ann FERGUSON (b.4 March 1841, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Julie Emerentienne FERGUSON (b.21 January 1843, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Guillaume Bernard FERGUSON (b.5 January 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

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1809 Birth
9 April 1809
Tracadie, New Brunswick, 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)

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Mathilde (Bathilde) BRIDEAU and Michel FERGUSON 16 July 1832, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

She was 23 years old.

Mathilde (Bathilde) BRIDEAU - 1832 marriage

1832 marriage

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1832 Birth of Child
Michel FERGUSON was born 1 May 1832, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Mathilde (Bathilde) was 23 years old.

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

1836 Birth of Child
Guillaume FERGUSON was born 25 December 1836, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Mathilde (Bathilde) was 27 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
George FERGUSON was born April 1838, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Mathilde (Bathilde) was 28 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste FERGUSON was born 18 October 1839, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Mathilde (Bathilde) was 30 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
Mary Ann FERGUSON was born 4 March 1841, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Mathilde (Bathilde) was 31 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
Julie Emerentienne FERGUSON was born 21 January 1843, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Mathilde (Bathilde) was 33 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Guillaume Bernard FERGUSON was born 5 January 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Mathilde (Bathilde) was 35 years old.

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.