Antoine BRODEUR

(b. 20 November 1804 , Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 26 August 1868 , St-Paul, Abbotsford, Quebec, Canada )

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Antoine BRODEUR was born 20 November 1804 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Antoine BRODEUR was the child of Antoine BRODEUR and Anne DESRANLEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Josephe HEBERT (maternal) Augustin DESRANLEAU and Marie-Charlotte BENOIT

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

Antoine married Felicite LAVIGNE abt. 1824 . Felicite LAVIGNE was born abt. 1804 Felicite died abt. 1834

Antoine married (2) Geneviève NORMANDIN 23 September 1834 in Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Geneviève NORMANDIN was born 22 July 1811 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Geneviève died abt. 1857 in . Geneviève was the child of Alexis NORMANDIN and Geneviève ELIE (HELIE).

Antoine BRODEUR died 26 August 1868 in St-Paul, Abbotsford, Quebec, Canada.
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Family and Children of Antoine BRODEUR

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Antoine BRODEUR married

Felicite LAVIGNE-- Date: abt. 1824 Place:

Children of Antoine BRODEUR and Felicite LAVIGNE:

Antoine BRODEUR married

Geneviève NORMANDIN-- Date: 23 September 1834 Place: Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada
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Geneviève NORMANDIN was the child of Alexis NORMANDIN and Geneviève ELIE (HELIE)

Name: Antoine Brodeur
Spouse: Genevieve Normandin
Event: Mariage (Marriage)
Marriage Year: 1834
Marriage Location: St-Césaire, Québec (Quebec)

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Children of Antoine BRODEUR and Geneviève NORMANDIN:

Adelaide BRODEUR (b.4 August 1835, Saint-Pie, Lower Canada d. , )

Antoine BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE (b.6 August 1837, Saint-Pie, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph BRODEUR (b.1 February 1840, Saint-Pie, Lower Canada d. 22 March 1924, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA )

Elzear Louis (Exeas) BRODEUR (b.31 August 1842, Saint-Pie, Canada East d. 6 October 1913, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada )

Sophronie BRODEUR (b.6 February 1845, Saint-Pie, Canada East d. abt. 1920, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA)

Antoine Laurent BRODEUR (b.8 August 1847, Saint-Pie, Canada East d. 29 May 1931, Palmer, Massachusetts, USA )

Victoire BRODEUR (b.20 May 1850, Saint-Pie, Canada East d. , )

Elisabeth BRODEUR (b.28 October 1853, Saint-Pie, Canada East d. , )

Vitaline BRODEUR (b.abt. 1855, Saint-Pie, Canada East d. 25 January 1918, Nicolet, Québec, Canada )

Rosalie BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE (b.2 September 1858, Saint-Pie, Canada East d. , )
m. Pierre PELOQUIN 28 December 1899 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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1804 Birth
20 November 1804
Beloeil, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage / Partner
Antoine BRODEUR and Geneviève NORMANDIN 23 September 1834, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

He was 29 years old.

1834 marriage

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1835 Birth of Child
Adelaide BRODEUR was born 4 August 1835, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 30 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

1837 Birth of Child
Antoine BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE was born 6 August 1837, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 32 years old.

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Joseph BRODEUR was born 1 February 1840, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 35 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Elzear Louis (Exeas) BRODEUR was born 31 August 1842, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 37 years old.

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Sophronie BRODEUR was born 6 February 1845, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 40 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Antoine Laurent BRODEUR was born 8 August 1847, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 42 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Victoire BRODEUR was born 20 May 1850, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 45 years old.

1851 St Pie, QC, Canada
Antoine Brodeur and Genevieve Normandin
Children: Joseph, Elzear, Laurent, Adelaide, Sophronie, Victorine
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1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Elisabeth BRODEUR was born 28 October 1853, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 48 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

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

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Rosalie BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE was born 2 September 1858, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 53 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.