Joseph-Amable BRUNET

(b. 9 March 1773 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 May 1838 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Amable BRUNET was born 9 March 1773 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph-Amable BRUNET was the child of Philippe BRUNET and Marianne DEMERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philippe BRUNET dit LETANG and Marie-Suzanne BARBARY dite GRANDMAISON (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie-Anne LAUZON

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

Joseph-Amable married Francoise SUREAU 19 February 1798 in Laval, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise SUREAU was born 19 March 1775 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Francoise died 24 February 1841 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Francoise was the child of Louis SUREAU and Josephte DAGENAIS.

Joseph-Amable BRUNET died 29 May 1838 in Saint-Eustache, Lower 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-Amable BRUNET married

Francoise SUREAU-- Date: 19 February 1798 Place: Laval, Lower Canada
Francoise SUREAU was the child of Louis SUREAU and Josephte DAGENAIS

Children of Joseph-Amable BRUNET and Francoise SUREAU:

Antoine BRUNET (b.5 March 1805, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Scholastique SAMSON 19 September 1825 in Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

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1773 Birth
9 March 1773
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1798 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Amable BRUNET and Francoise SUREAU 19 February 1798, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 24 years old.

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

1805 Birth of Child
Antoine BRUNET was born 5 March 1805, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Amable was 32 years old.

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