Joseph David COMEAU

(b. 7 May 1818 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 30 May 1874 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Joseph David COMEAU was born 7 May 1818 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Joseph David COMEAU was the child of Laurent COMEAU and Théotiste SAULNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Georges Joseph COMEAU and Geneviève THIBODEAU (maternal) Joseph SAULNIER and Félicité BASTARACHE dite BASQUE

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Joseph David married Françoise BRIDEAU abt. 1839 . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Françoise BRIDEAU was born 20 February 1819 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Françoise died 23 April 1879 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Françoise was the child of Fidèle BRIDEAU and Modeste BRAULT.

Joseph David COMEAU died 30 May 1874 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Joseph David COMEAU married

Françoise BRIDEAU-- Date: abt. 1839 Place:
Françoise BRIDEAU was the child of Fidèle BRIDEAU and Modeste BRAULT

Children of Joseph David COMEAU and Françoise BRIDEAU:

David COMEAU (b.30 October 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 21 March 1922, Leech, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Marie Thérèse BRIDEAU 11 March 1867 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Honore COMEAU (b.17 July 1842, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Guillaume COMEAU (b.17 March 1844, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Marie COMEAU (b.14 December 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

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1818 Birth
7 May 1818
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1840 Birth of Child
David COMEAU was born 30 October 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Joseph David was 22 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Honore COMEAU was born 17 July 1842, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Joseph David 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
Guillaume COMEAU was born 17 March 1844, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Joseph David was 25 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie COMEAU was born 14 December 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Joseph David was 27 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.