Joseph BOUDREAU

(b. 19 February 1803 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 14 May 1875 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph BOUDREAU was born 19 February 1803 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Joseph BOUDREAU was the child of Joseph-Marie BOUDREAU and Veronique BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BOUDREAU and Josephte TREMBLAY (maternal) Godefroy BOUCHARD and Charlotte TREMBLAY

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

Joseph married Marie DEMEULES (DESMEULES) 4 April 1842 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was born 5 April 1820 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marie died 29 October 1898 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie was the child of Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Emerentienne LAJOIE.

Joseph BOUDREAU died 14 May 1875 in Les Éboulements, 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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Joseph BOUDREAU married

Marie DEMEULES (DESMEULES)-- Date: 4 April 1842 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
Marie DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was the child of Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Emerentienne LAJOIE

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Children of Joseph BOUDREAU and Marie DEMEULES (DESMEULES):

Celanire BOUDREAU (b.1 April 1844, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 1 February 1931, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Leonard TREMBLAY 21 November 1864 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1803 Birth
19 February 1803
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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)

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

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BOUDREAU and Marie DEMEULES (DESMEULES) 4 April 1842, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 39 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
Celanire BOUDREAU was born 1 April 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 41 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Celanire BOUDREAU married 21 November 1864, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Leonard TREMBLAY

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.