Guillaume Jonas THOMAS

Born

8 December 1818 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

22 May 1887 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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John (Jean) THOMAS Brigitte Marguerite MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

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Born: 8 December 1818 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: John (Jean) THOMAS

Mother: Brigitte Marguerite MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

Paternal grandparents: John THOMAS , Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON

Maternal grandparents: Michael Stephen MCGRATH (MCGRAW) , Brigitte-Félicité ROBERT dite LEBRETON

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Guillaume Jonas married Adelaide COMEAU abt. 1839 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Adelaide COMEAU was born 15 January 1820 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Adelaide died 27 November 1868 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Adelaide was the child of Laurent COMEAU and Théotiste SAULNIER.

Guillaume Jonas married (2) Angele THIBODEAU (TIBODEAU) 21 February 1881 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . Angele THIBODEAU (TIBODEAU) was born abt. 1858 in New Brunswick, Canada.

Guillaume Jonas THOMAS died 22 May 1887 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Guillaume Jonas THOMAS married

Adelaide COMEAU
Marriage date: abt. 1839
Marriage place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Adelaide COMEAU was the child of Laurent COMEAU and Théotiste SAULNIER

Children of Guillaume Jonas THOMAS and Adelaide COMEAU

Sarah (Saraphile) Flore THOMAS

Born: 8 August 1840 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 7 May 1913 , Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: John (Jean Baptiste) ARSENEAU 27 May 1868 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume THOMAS

Born: 15 July 1842, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Damas THOMAS

Born: 11 December 1843 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 14 May 1878 ,

Marie Mélanie THOMAS

Born: 14 September 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 6 December 1868, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Philippe THOMAS

Born: 30 July 1847, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 15 May 1930, , New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Marie Olive ROBICHAUD 21 February 1881 Place: Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Angele THIBODEAU 20 June 1898 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada

Émilie THOMAS

Born: 16 September 1849, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 26 July 1864, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Michel THOMAS

Born: 1 April 1851, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 27 December 1924 ,

Jean THOMAS

Born: 9 April 1853, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Marguerite THOMAS

Born: 24 June 1855, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 1 May 1931, Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Ruffin ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) 10 January 1881

Élie THOMAS

Born: 8 July 1857, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 14 March 1941 , Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Marie Octavie DUGUAY 28 February 1881 Place: Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada

Charles THOMAS

Born: 24 July 1859, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 24 February 1909 ,

Guillaume Jonas THOMAS married

Angele THIBODEAU (TIBODEAU)
Marriage date: 21 February 1881
Marriage place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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Birth — 1818
8 December 1818
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

1819 Baptism
28 Feb 1819
Tracadie
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Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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

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

1840 Birth of Child
Sarah (Saraphile) Flore THOMAS was born 8 August 1840 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 21 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Guillaume THOMAS was born 15 July 1842, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 23 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Damas THOMAS was born 11 December 1843 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 25 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie Mélanie THOMAS was born 14 September 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 26 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Philippe THOMAS was born 30 July 1847, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 28 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Émilie THOMAS was born 16 September 1849, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 30 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Michel THOMAS was born 1 April 1851, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 32 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Jean THOMAS was born 9 April 1853, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 34 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Marguerite THOMAS was born 24 June 1855, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 36 years old.

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

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Élie THOMAS was born 8 July 1857, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 38 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Charles THOMAS was born 24 July 1859, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 40 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Child
Émilie THOMAS died 26 July 1864, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 45 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Marriage of Child
Sarah (Saraphile) Flore THOMAS married 27 May 1868, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to John (Jean Baptiste) ARSENEAU

1868 Death of Spouse/Partner
Adelaide COMEAU died 27 November 1868, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1868 Death of Child
Marie Mélanie THOMAS died 6 December 1868, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Guillaume Jonas was 50 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume Jonas THOMAS and Angele THIBODEAU (TIBODEAU) 21 February 1881, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 62 years old.