Adelaide DAGNEAU

(b. 4 April 1809 , La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 9 September 1857 , Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East )

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Adelaide DAGNEAU was born 4 April 1809 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Adelaide DAGNEAU was the child of Louis DAIGNEAU (DENIAU) and Louise MERCIER dite SANSREGRET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DENEAU (DENIAU) and Marie-Josephe BEAUDIN (maternal) Joseph MERCIER dit SANSREGRET and Marie-Josephe CHRISTIN dite ST-AMOUR

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

Adelaide married Michel Gerome DENAULT 6 October 1828 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel Gerome DENAULT was born 18 AUgust 1806 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Michel Gerome died 30 August 1879 in Beaverville, Iroquois, Illinois, USA. Michel Gerome was the child of Michel DENEAU (DENIAU) and Marie-Suzanne TREMBLAY.

Adelaide DAGNEAU died 9 September 1857 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, 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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Family and Children of Adelaide DAGNEAU

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Adelaide DAGNEAU married

Michel Gerome DENAULT-- Date: 6 October 1828 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Michel Gerome DENAULT was the child of Michel DENEAU (DENIAU) and Marie-Suzanne TREMBLAY

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Children of Michel Gerome DENAULT and Adelaide DAGNEAU:

Louis Jules DENEAU (b.14 November 1834, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 8 October 1923, Fowler, Benton, Indiana, USA)
m. Adelaide BELANGER 1869

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1809 Birth
4 April 1809
La Prairie, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Adelaide DAGNEAU and Michel Gerome DENAULT 6 October 1828, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 19 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Louis Jules DENEAU was born 14 November 1834, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Adelaide was 25 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

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.