François GARCEAU

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16 April 1785 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

17 July 1853 , Napierville, Canada East

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Charles GARCEAU Josephte GRENIER

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Born: 16 April 1785 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Charles GARCEAU

Mother: Josephte GRENIER

Paternal grandparents: Daniel GARCEAU , Anne DOUCET

Maternal grandparents: Antoine GRENIER , Catherine SYLVESTRE

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François married Marie-Anne DAUNAIS 3 November 1812 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne DAUNAIS was born 20 July 1793 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Anne was the child of Paul-Hippolyte DAUNAIS and Marie-Anne MESNY.

François GARCEAU died 17 July 1853 in Napierville, Canada East .
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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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François GARCEAU married

Marie-Anne DAUNAIS
Marriage date: 3 November 1812
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne DAUNAIS was the child of Paul-Hippolyte DAUNAIS and Marie-Anne MESNY

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Children of François GARCEAU and Marie-Anne DAUNAIS

Charles GARCEAU

Born: 9 January 1819, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 10 February 1886, Napierville, Québec, Canada

Married: Sophie MORIN 17 October 1837 Place: Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Phoebe Marie GARCEAU

Born: 16 March 1832, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: 15 August 1903, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 21 February 1854 Place: Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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Birth — 1785
16 April 1785
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
François GARCEAU and Marie-Anne DAUNAIS 3 November 1812, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 27 years old.

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Charles GARCEAU was born 9 January 1819, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

François was 33 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Phoebe Marie GARCEAU was born 16 March 1832, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

François was 46 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 Marriage of Child
Charles GARCEAU married 17 October 1837, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard) to Sophie MORIN

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.