François Xavier BRIDEAU

(b. 11 May 1830 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 12 November 1897 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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François Xavier BRIDEAU was born 11 May 1830 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

François Xavier BRIDEAU was the child of Paul BRIDEAU and Marie COMEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Leon BRIDEAU and Marie Euphronsine GAUDREAU (GAUTREAU) (maternal) Athanase COMEAU and Marie Madeleine THIBODEAU

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

François Xavier married Adelaide RICHARD 10 January 1853 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Adelaide RICHARD was born 15 February 1829 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Adelaide died 5 March 1914 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Adelaide was the child of Pierre RICHARD and Marie Judith BREAU (BRAULT).

François Xavier BRIDEAU died 12 November 1897 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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François Xavier BRIDEAU married

Adelaide RICHARD-- Date: 10 January 1853 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Adelaide RICHARD was the child of Pierre RICHARD and Marie Judith BREAU (BRAULT)

Children of François Xavier BRIDEAU and Adelaide RICHARD:

Judith BRIDEAU (b.10 November 1853, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 28 February 1941, , New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Antoine LEBRETON 21 October 1873 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François Xavier BRIDEAU (b.29 October 1854, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 30 May 1948, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Esther Marie BRIDEAU (b.24 May 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 10 February 1904, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Marie Basilice BRIDEAU (b.18 December 1857, Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada d. 9 October 1934, Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada)

Pierre Mathurin BRIDEAU (b.23 April 1861, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 22 December 1923, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Dina BRIDEAU (b.6 December 1862, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 7 April 1923, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Marie Adelaide BRIDEAU (b.3 November 1866, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 25 November 1953, St Irenee, New Brunswick, Canada)

Marie BRIDEAU (b.abt. 1869, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 5 October 1930, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Apolline BRIDEAU (b.abt. 1870, , New Brunswick, Canada d. 25 November 1953, St Irenee, New Brunswick, Canada)

Marie Susanne BRIDEAU (b.14 November 1873, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 26 March 1913, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Alexandre HALL 10 April 1893 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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1830 Birth
11 May 1830
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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.

1853 Marriage / Partner
François Xavier BRIDEAU and Adelaide RICHARD 10 January 1853, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 22 years old.

1853 marriage

1853 marriage

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1853 Birth of Child
Judith BRIDEAU was born 10 November 1853, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François Xavier was 23 years old.

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

1854 Birth of Child
François Xavier BRIDEAU was born 29 October 1854, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François Xavier was 24 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Esther Marie BRIDEAU was born 24 May 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François Xavier was 26 years old.

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

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

1857 Birth of Child
Marie Basilice BRIDEAU was born 18 December 1857, Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada

François Xavier was 27 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Pierre Mathurin BRIDEAU was born 23 April 1861, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François Xavier was 30 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Dina BRIDEAU was born 6 December 1862, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François Xavier was 32 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Marie Adelaide BRIDEAU was born 3 November 1866, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François Xavier was 36 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1871 - New Brunswick
Name:
[Hovez Brideau]
[Xavier Bridau]

Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Widowed: M
Origin: French
Age: 42
Birth Date: 1829
Birth Place: New Brunswick
Residence Place: Saumarez, Gloucester, New Brunswick
District Number: 183
Subdistrict: e
Division: 01
Religion: Catholic
Occupation: Fermier
Family Number: 62
Cannot Read: Y
Cannot Write: Y
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Household Members Age
Hovez Bridau 42
Delaïde Bridau
43
Hovez Bridau
16
Matunin Bridau
10
Judith Bridau
15
Ba Bridau
13
Estére Budo
14
Diná Budo
9
Paline Budo
5
Marie Budo
4
Delaïde Budo
1
1871 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1873 Marriage of Child
Judith BRIDEAU married 21 October 1873, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Antoine LEBRETON

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1873 Birth of Child
Marie Susanne BRIDEAU was born 14 November 1873, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

François Xavier was 43 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - New Brunswick
Name: Xavier Bredo
[Xavier Brideau]
[Brideau]
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 51
Birth Year: 1830
Birthplace: New Brunswick
Religion: Catholic
Nationality: French
Occupation: Farmer
Province: New Brunswick
District Number: 36
District: Gloucester
Sub-District Number: E
Subdistrict: Saumarez
Division: 1
Household Members Age
Xavier Bredo 51
Deladide Bredo
53
Maturom Bredo
20
Esther Bredo
25
Dina Bredo
17
Poline Bredo
16
Marie Bredo
15
Susan Bredo
7
1881 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1893 Marriage of Child
Marie Susanne BRIDEAU married 10 April 1893, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Alexandre HALL

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Death
Name: Francois Haner Brideau
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Birth Date: abt 1830
Death Date: 12 Nov 1897
Death Place: Tracadie, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestry.com. New Brunswick, Canada, Deaths, 1888-1938 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
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