Joseph BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT)

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abt. 1747 , Acadia, Canada

Died

21 October 1827 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Alexis BRO (BRAULT)Marguerite BARIAULT (BARIAUT)

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Born: abt. 1747 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Alexis BRO (BRAULT)

Mother: Marguerite BARIAULT (BARIAUT)

Paternal grandparents: François BREAU (BRAULT) , Marie COMEAU

Joseph was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Joseph married Felicite BOUDREAU 25 July 1774 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Felicite BOUDREAU was born 6 December 1754 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Felicite died 15 June 1836 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Felicite was the child of Antoine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Marie Josephte LEBLANC.

Joseph BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT) died 21 October 1827 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .
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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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Joseph BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT) married

Felicite BOUDREAU
Marriage date: 25 July 1774
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Felicite BOUDREAU was the child of Antoine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Marie Josephte LEBLANC

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Joseph Breaux married Felecite Boudrot, daughter of Antoine Boudrot and Marie Joseph LeBlanc, on 25 July 1774 at Saint-Philippe-de-Laprairie.

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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT) and Felicite BOUDREAU 25 July 1774, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

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 Death
Name: Joseph Baran
[Joseph Breau]
Spouse: Felicite Boudreau
Event: Enterrement (Burial)
Burial Year: 1827
Burial Location: L`Acadie, Québec (Quebec)
Place of Worship or Institution: Ste-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie

Ancestry.com. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783