Antoine DUREAU (DUREAULT)

Born

17 June 1797 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

18 December 1881 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Antoine married Marie-Louise CARIGNAN dite BOURBEAU 14 February 1820 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise CARIGNAN dite BOURBEAU was born 15 March 1800 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Marie-Louise died 29 May 1887 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph CARIGNAN dit BOURBEAU and Marie-Madeleine LACOURSE dite DAVID .

Parents & Family of Antoine DUREAU (DUREAULT)

Parents of Antoine DUREAU (DUREAULT)

Father

François DUREAU (DUREAULT)

Mother

Marie ROY dite PORTELANCE

Grandparents of Antoine DUREAU (DUREAULT)

Paternal grandparents

François-Bonaventure DUREAU (DUREAULT) Marie-Louise DESHAYES (DESHAIES)

Maternal grandparents

Isidore ROY dit PORTELANCE Josephte-Marguerite HUBERT

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Antoine DUREAU (DUREAULT)

Antoine DUREAU (DUREAULT) married

Marie-Louise CARIGNAN dite BOURBEAU
Marriage date: 14 February 1820
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise CARIGNAN dite BOURBEAU was the child of Joseph CARIGNAN dit BOURBEAU and Marie-Madeleine LACOURSE dite DAVID

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Antoine DUREAU (DUREAULT) and Marie-Louise CARIGNAN dite BOURBEAU

David DUREAU (DUREAULT)

Born: 22 August 1822, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alice (Alix) LEBLANC 25 September 1855 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1797
17 June 1797
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Antoine DUREAU (DUREAULT) and Marie-Louise CARIGNAN dite BOURBEAU 14 February 1820, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 22 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
David DUREAU (DUREAULT) was born 22 August 1822, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Antoine was 25 years old.

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

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
David DUREAU (DUREAULT) married 25 September 1855, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East to Alice (Alix) LEBLANC

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

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.