Michel NEVEU

Born

8 June 1798 , Montréal, Lower Canada

Died

30 September 1854 , Sherbrooke, Canada East

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Michel NEVEU Marie GAILLARD

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Born: 8 June 1798 in Montréal, Lower Canada

Father: Michel NEVEU

Mother: Marie GAILLARD

Paternal grandparents: Michel NEVEU , Catherine COUTELET

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GAILLARD , Marie-Amable SERRE dite ST-JEAN

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Michel married Sophie RIEL 10 July 1821 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie RIEL was born 25 September 1802 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Sophie died 12 January 1874 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Sophie was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIEL and Cecile LANCTOT.

Michel NEVEU died 30 September 1854 in Sherbrooke, Canada East.
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Sophie RIEL
Marriage date: 10 July 1821
Marriage place: Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Sophie RIEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIEL and Cecile LANCTOT

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Children of Michel NEVEU and Sophie RIEL

Moise NEVEU

Born: abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Philomene CLAIRE dite HOUDE 2 August 1852 Place: Sherbrooke, 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 — 1798
8 June 1798
Montréal, 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 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage / Partner
Michel NEVEU and Sophie RIEL 10 July 1821, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

He was 23 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)