Eugene COMEAU

(b. 15 March 1814 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 26 June 1889 , Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Eugene COMEAU was born 15 March 1814 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Eugene COMEAU was the child of Etienne COMEAU and Anne SAULNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis COMEAU dit COURTOT and Marie Anne POTHIER (maternal) Joseph SAULNIER and Félicité BASTARACHE dite BASQUE

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Eugene married Marie Sara LEBRETON 14 January 1834 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie Sara LEBRETON was born 22 December 1811 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Sara died 14 October 1876 in Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Marie Sara was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEBRETON and Marie Anne DRYSDALE (DRESDELL).

Eugene COMEAU died 26 June 1889 in Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Eugene COMEAU married

Marie Sara LEBRETON-- Date: 14 January 1834 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Marie Sara LEBRETON was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEBRETON and Marie Anne DRYSDALE (DRESDELL)

Children of Eugene COMEAU and Marie Sara LEBRETON:

Joseph COMEAU (b.abt. 1836, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1 December 1903, Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada)

Jean Baptiste COMEAU (b.May 1838, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Philippe COMEAU (b.9 November 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Antoine Eugene COMEAU (b.14 June 1843, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Guillaume COMEAU (b.22 January 1846, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

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1814 Birth
15 March 1814
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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Eugene COMEAU and Marie Sara LEBRETON 14 January 1834, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 19 years old.

1834 marriage

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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

1838 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste COMEAU was born May 1838, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Eugene was 24 years old.

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
Philippe COMEAU was born 9 November 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Eugene was 26 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Antoine Eugene COMEAU was born 14 June 1843, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Eugene was 29 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Guillaume COMEAU was born 22 January 1846, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Eugene was 31 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.