Joseph GRAVEL

(b. 1 May 1800 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada d. 22 March 1873 , Valcourt, Quebec, Canada )

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Joseph GRAVEL was born 1 May 1800 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada

Joseph GRAVEL was the child of Michel GRAVEL and Marie-Louise GRAVEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Athanase GRAVEL and Marguerite LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES (maternal) Claude GRAVEL and Marie-Josephte PAQUET

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Joseph married Marie-Josephte LORRAIN (LAURIN) 9 October 1838 in Terrebonne, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte LORRAIN (LAURIN) was born abt. 1820 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Marie-Josephte died 3 May 1902 in Valcourt, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Pierre LORRAIN and Marie-Marguerite AUDET.

Joseph GRAVEL died 22 March 1873 in Valcourt, Quebec, 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 GRAVEL married

Marie-Josephte LORRAIN (LAURIN)-- Date: 9 October 1838 Place: Terrebonne, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte LORRAIN (LAURIN) was the child of Pierre LORRAIN and Marie-Marguerite AUDET

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Children of Joseph GRAVEL and Marie-Josephte LORRAIN (LAURIN):

Joseph GRAVEL (b.22 November 1850, Laval, Canada East d. 10 July 1921, Valcourt, Quebec, Canada)
m. Hermina BERNIER 8 October 1878 in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé)

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1800 Birth
1 May 1800
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GRAVEL and Marie-Josephte LORRAIN (LAURIN) 9 October 1838, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

He was 38 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

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)

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Joseph GRAVEL was born 22 November 1850, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Joseph was 50 years old.

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.