Francois VERREAULT

(b. 2 November 1808 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 23 October 1883 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Francois VERREAULT was born 2 November 1808 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Francois VERREAULT was the child of Amable VERREAULT and Genevieve SAVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Amable VERREAULT (VERREAU) and Francoise-Philotee POITEVIN dite POTVIN (maternal) Jean-Louis SAVARD and Genevieve-Ursule BRISSON

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

Francois married Julienne BOUCHARD 14 February 1831 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julienne BOUCHARD was born 18 April 1802 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Julienne died 26 December 1838 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Julienne was the child of Godefroy BOUCHARD and Julie DESBIENS.

Francois VERREAULT died 23 October 1883 in Chicoutimi, 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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Francois VERREAULT married

Julienne BOUCHARD-- Date: 14 February 1831 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Julienne BOUCHARD was the child of Godefroy BOUCHARD and Julie DESBIENS

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Children of Francois VERREAULT and Julienne BOUCHARD:

Edith VERREAULT (b.abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 May 1913, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. François TREMBLAY 25 November 1873 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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1808 Birth
2 November 1808
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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Francois VERREAULT and Julienne BOUCHARD 14 February 1831, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 22 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

1838 Death of Spouse/Partner
Julienne BOUCHARD died 26 December 1838, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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.