Pierre DRAPEAU

(b. 22 July 1782 , Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 February 1837 , Rimouski, Lower Canada )

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Pierre DRAPEAU was born 22 July 1782 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre DRAPEAU was the child of Pierre DRAPEAU and Josephte MARANDA and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DRAPEAU and Josephte HUARD (maternal) Charles MARANDA and Marguerite FAGOT

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

Pierre married Geneviève LANGLOIS 15 January 1805 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève LANGLOIS was born 4 October 1784 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Geneviève died 24 August 1856 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane). Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Marie LANGLOIS and Marguerite GOSSELIN.

Pierre DRAPEAU died 4 February 1837 in Rimouski, 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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Pierre DRAPEAU married

Geneviève LANGLOIS-- Date: 15 January 1805 Place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Geneviève LANGLOIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Marie LANGLOIS and Marguerite GOSSELIN

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Children of Pierre DRAPEAU and Geneviève LANGLOIS:

Charles DRAPEAU (b.24 December 1808, Rimouski, Lower Canada d. 4 December 1856, Rimouski, Canada East )
m. Celeste PARENT 10 November 1829 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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1782 Birth
22 July 1782
Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1805 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DRAPEAU and Geneviève LANGLOIS 15 January 1805, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 22 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Charles DRAPEAU was born 24 December 1808, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Pierre was 26 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

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)

1829 Marriage of Child
Charles DRAPEAU married 10 November 1829, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Celeste PARENT

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