Charles BRAULT (BRO)

Born

4 August 1786 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 October 1874 , Fair Haven, Vermont, USA

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Charles BRAULT Marguerite CLOUÁTRE

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Born: 4 August 1786 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Charles BRAULT

Mother: Marguerite CLOUÁTRE

Paternal grandparents: Alexis BRO (BRAULT) , Marguerite BARIAULT (BARIAUT)

Maternal grandparents: Dominique CLOUATRE , Françoise BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

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Charles married Marie FOURNIER 2 June 1817 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie FOURNIER was born 30 September 1794 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marie was the child of Guillaume FOURNIER and Marie-Rose DARAGON dite LAFRANCE.

Charles BRAULT (BRO) died 28 October 1874 in Fair Haven, Vermont, USA.

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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
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Charles BRAULT (BRO) married

Marie FOURNIER
Marriage date: 2 June 1817
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Marie FOURNIER was the child of Guillaume FOURNIER and Marie-Rose DARAGON dite LAFRANCE

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Children of Charles BRAULT (BRO) and Marie FOURNIER

Marguerite BRAULT

Born: 13 October 1817, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles GRANGER 19 October 1841 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Rose BRAULT

Born: abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marcelline BREAU

Born: 5 April 1835, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1786
4 August 1786
L'Acadie, Province of Québec, 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)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Charles BRAULT (BRO) and Marie FOURNIER 2 June 1817, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 30 years old.

1817 marriage

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

1817 Birth of Child
Marguerite BRAULT was born 13 October 1817, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Charles was 31 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)

1835 Birth of Child
Marcelline BREAU was born 5 April 1835, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Charles was 48 years old.

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

1841 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BRAULT married 19 October 1841, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Charles GRANGER

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)

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.