Alexis RHEAUME

(b. 6 April 1791 , Château-Richer, Lower Canada d. 3 April 1879 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Alexis RHEAUME was born 6 April 1791 in Château-Richer, Lower Canada

Alexis RHEAUME was the child of Francois RHEAUME and Eugenie-Josephte CREPIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques RHÉAUME and Marguerite ALLARD (maternal) Antoine CREPIN (CRESPIN) and Marie-Louise PEPIN

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Alexis married Veronique TRUDEL 6 February 1816 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Veronique TRUDEL was born 2 July 1797 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Veronique died 25 May 1838 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Veronique was the child of Jean TRUDEL and Veronique LEFRANCOIS.

Alexis RHEAUME died 3 April 1879 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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Alexis RHEAUME married

Veronique TRUDEL-- Date: 6 February 1816 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada

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Veronique TRUDEL was the child of Jean TRUDEL and Veronique LEFRANCOIS

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Children of Alexis RHEAUME and Veronique TRUDEL:

Flamine RHEAUME (b.24 May 1817, Château-Richer, Lower Canada d. 3 March 1888, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Simon RHEAUME 10 January 1837 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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1791 Birth
6 April 1791
Château-Richer, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Alexis RHEAUME and Veronique TRUDEL 6 February 1816, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Flamine RHEAUME was born 24 May 1817, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Alexis was 26 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Flamine RHEAUME married 10 January 1837, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Simon RHEAUME

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Death of Spouse/Partner
Veronique TRUDEL died 25 May 1838, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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)

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.