Andre FOUCREAU

(b. 19 January 1805 , La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 27 June 1874 , Champlain, New York, USA )

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Andre FOUCREAU was born 19 January 1805 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Andre FOUCREAU was the child of Charles FOUCRAULT (FOUQUEREAU) and Marie-Josephte LAMARRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) André FOUCRAULT (FOUQUEREAU) and Marie-Josephe DENEAU (DENIAU) (maternal) Thomas-Amable LAMARRE and Marie-Madeleine DUMONT

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

Andre married Victoria YELLE (DIEL) 30 September 1833 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victoria YELLE (DIEL) was born 20 August 1802 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Victoria died 25 September 1834 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Victoria was the child of Eustache DIEL dit YELLE and Charlotte LUSSIER.

Andre FOUCREAU died 27 June 1874 in Champlain, New York, USA.
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Andre FOUCREAU married

Victoria YELLE (DIEL)-- Date: 30 September 1833 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
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Victoria YELLE (DIEL) was the child of Eustache DIEL dit YELLE and Charlotte LUSSIER

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Children of Andre FOUCREAU and Victoria YELLE (DIEL):

Andre FOUCREAU dit MESICK (b.25 September 1834, Napierville, Lower Canada d. 17 April 1905, Mooers, New York, USA)
m. Sophia STONE (LAROCHE) 9 October 1855 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1805 Birth
19 January 1805
La Prairie, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1833 Marriage / Partner
Andre FOUCREAU and Victoria YELLE (DIEL) 30 September 1833, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 28 years old.

1833 marriage

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1834 Death of Spouse/Partner
Victoria YELLE (DIEL) died 25 September 1834, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

1834 Birth of Child
Andre FOUCREAU dit MESICK was born 25 September 1834, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Andre was 29 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1855 Marriage of Child
Andre FOUCREAU dit MESICK married 9 October 1855, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Sophia STONE (LAROCHE)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 - Champlain, Clinton, New York
Name: Andrew Miseck
Birth Year (Estimated): 1808
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 62y
Race: White
Birthplace: Canada
Event Place: New York, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Andrew Miseck M 36y Canada
Sopia Miseck F 28y New York
Mary Miseck F 10y Canada
Andrew Miseck M 9y New York
Francis Miseck M 8y New York
Lawrence Miseck M 3y New York
David Miseck M 1y New York
Andrew Miseck M 62y Canada
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1874 Death
27 June 1874
Champlain, New York, USA

He died at the age of 69.

Andre is buried at: Saint Marys Cemetery Champlain Clinton County New York, USA

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