Marie Geneviève COMEAU

(b. 10 October 1799 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 31 May 1874 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Marie Geneviève COMEAU was born 10 October 1799 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie Geneviève COMEAU was the child of Georges Joseph COMEAU and Geneviève THIBODEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis COMEAU dit COURTOT and Marie Anne POTHIER (maternal) Alexis THIBODEAU and Marguerite DUPUIS

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

Marie Geneviève married George DRYSDALE 18 November 1824 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
George DRYSDALE was born abt. 1803 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). George died 16 July 1872 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). George was the child of William DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) and Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON.

Marie Geneviève COMEAU died 31 May 1874 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .

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Marie Geneviève COMEAU married

George DRYSDALE-- Date: 18 November 1824 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
George DRYSDALE was the child of William DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) and Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON

Children of George DRYSDALE and Marie Geneviève COMEAU:

Jacques DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) (b.22 August 1825, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite SAVOIE 26 January 1846 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

George Joseph DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) (b.17 February 1827, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Jean Basile DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) (b.1 June 1828, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 10 January 1830, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Marie Charlotte DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) (b.3 November 1829, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 7 December 1912, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Telesphore BASTARACHE dit BASQUE 26 November 1855 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) (b.21 September 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Marie DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) (b.15 June 1833, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

David DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) (b.3 August 1839, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Olive DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) (b.22 October 1841, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Olivier DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) (b.15 April 1844, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

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1799 Birth
10 October 1799
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

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Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

Baptism
10 March 1800 • parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Tracadie, New Brunswick
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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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Marie Geneviève COMEAU and George DRYSDALE 18 November 1824, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

She was 25 years old.

1824 marriage

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
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1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Jacques DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) was born 22 August 1825, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Geneviève was 25 years old.

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
George Joseph DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) was born 17 February 1827, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie Geneviève was 27 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Jean Basile DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) was born 1 June 1828, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Geneviève was 28 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Marie Charlotte DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) was born 3 November 1829, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Geneviève was 30 years old.

1830 Death of Child
Jean Basile DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) died 10 January 1830, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Geneviève was 30 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Guillaume DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) was born 21 September 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Geneviève was 31 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) was born 15 June 1833, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Geneviève was 33 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
David DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) was born 3 August 1839, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Geneviève was 39 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
Olive DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) was born 22 October 1841, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Geneviève was 42 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
Olivier DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) was born 15 April 1844, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Geneviève was 44 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Marriage of Child
Jacques DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) married 26 January 1846, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Marguerite SAVOIE

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Marie Charlotte DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) married 26 November 1855, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Telesphore BASTARACHE dit BASQUE

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.