Laurent GENDREAU

Born

6 October 1781 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

6 September 1859 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

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Born: 6 October 1781 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Laurent GENDREAU

Father

Julien-Louis GENDREAU

Mother

Marguerite LECLERC

Grandparents of Laurent GENDREAU

Paternal grandparents

Julien GENDREAU Marie-Anne CHABOT

Maternal grandparents

Joseph LECLERC Ursule NOEL

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Laurent married Marie Louise ALLARD 16 August 1802 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Louise ALLARD was born 12 April 1784 in Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue, Quebec, Canada. Marie Louise died 26 January 1835 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . Marie Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste ALLARD and Angelique ARCHAMBAULT.

Laurent GENDREAU died 6 September 1859 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Laurent GENDREAU

Laurent GENDREAU married

Marie Louise ALLARD
Marriage date: 16 August 1802
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie Louise ALLARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste ALLARD and Angelique ARCHAMBAULT

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

Children of Laurent GENDREAU and Marie Louise ALLARD

Godefroy GENDREAU

Born: 8 January 1827, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 26 March 1913, St-Georges-De-Beauce, Quebec, Canada

Married: Eleonore DENONVILLE 2 February 1852 Place: Saint-Pie, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1781
6 October 1781
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1802 Marriage / Partner
Laurent GENDREAU and Marie Louise ALLARD 16 August 1802, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 20 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.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Godefroy GENDREAU was born 8 January 1827, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Laurent was 45 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Louise ALLARD died 26 January 1835, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Godefroy GENDREAU married 2 February 1852, Saint-Pie, Canada East to Eleonore DENONVILLE

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)