Jean-Marie-Jacques LAREAU

(b. 13 August 1787 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 November 1848 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East )

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Jean-Marie-Jacques LAREAU was born 13 August 1787 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Marie-Jacques LAREAU was the child of Joseph-Antoine LAREAU and Marie-Anne FRECHETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LAREAU and Marie-Anne NORMAND (maternal) Étienne FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne GUILLOT

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Jean-Marie-Jacques married Marie-Françoise HEBERT 14 October 1808 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marie-Françoise HEBERT was born 11 May 1775 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Françoise died 28 May 1862 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand). Marie-Françoise was the child of Augustin HEBERT and Marie-Josephe GOGUET (GOYETTE).

Jean-Marie-Jacques LAREAU died 27 November 1848 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East .
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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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Jean-Marie-Jacques LAREAU married

Marie-Françoise HEBERT-- Date: 14 October 1808 Place: Chambly, Lower Canada
Marie-Françoise HEBERT was the child of Augustin HEBERT and Marie-Josephe GOGUET (GOYETTE)

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Children of Jean-Marie-Jacques LAREAU and Marie-Françoise HEBERT:

Anastasie LAREAU (b.abt. 1808, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada )

Noel-Edouard LAREAU (b.25 December 1808, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada )

Godfroy (Geoffroy) LAREAU (b.26 July 1810, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 6 September 1880, Compton, Québec, Canada )

Michel LAREAU (b.8 August 1812, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph LAREAU (b.3 December 1814, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 26 October 1897, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

Antoine LAREAU (b.10 September 1816, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 24 December 1847, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East )

Catherine LAREAU (b.7 October 1819, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 1 August 1820, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

Marguerite LAREAU (b.9 June 1821, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Pierre-Michel LAREAU (b.12 August 1823, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 8 January 1908, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada )

Aurelie LAREAU (b.9 November 1824, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada d. 16 April 1873, Plainfield, Connecticut, USA )

Clement LAREAU (b.21 March 1826, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada d. , )

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1787 Birth
13 August 1787
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Marie-Jacques LAREAU and Marie-Françoise HEBERT 14 October 1808, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 21 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Noel-Edouard LAREAU was born 25 December 1808, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Jean-Marie-Jacques was 21 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Godfroy (Geoffroy) LAREAU was born 26 July 1810, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Jean-Marie-Jacques was 22 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Michel LAREAU was born 8 August 1812, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Jean-Marie-Jacques was 25 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Joseph LAREAU was born 3 December 1814, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Jean-Marie-Jacques was 27 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Antoine LAREAU was born 10 September 1816, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Jean-Marie-Jacques was 29 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.

1819 Birth of Child
Catherine LAREAU was born 7 October 1819, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Jean-Marie-Jacques was 32 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Death of Child
Catherine LAREAU died 1 August 1820, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Jean-Marie-Jacques was 32 years old.

1821 Birth of Child
Marguerite LAREAU was born 9 June 1821, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Jean-Marie-Jacques was 33 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Pierre-Michel LAREAU was born 12 August 1823, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Jean-Marie-Jacques was 36 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Aurelie LAREAU was born 9 November 1824, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Jean-Marie-Jacques was 37 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Clement LAREAU was born 21 March 1826, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Jean-Marie-Jacques was 38 years old.

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

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)

1847 Death of Child
Antoine LAREAU died 24 December 1847, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand)

Jean-Marie-Jacques was 60 years old.

1848 Death
27 November 1848
Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East

He died at the age of 61.

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