Marguerite THOMAS

Born

12 May 1821 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

22 May 1875 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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John (Jean) THOMAS Brigitte Marguerite MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

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Born: 12 May 1821 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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Marguerite married Dosithee ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) September 1844 in Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Dosithee ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) was born 29 November 1819 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Dosithee died 14 August 1902 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Dosithee was the child of Jean Baptiste ARSENAULT and Marie BRIDEAU.

Marguerite THOMAS died 22 May 1875 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Marguerite THOMAS married

Dosithee ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)
Marriage date: September 1844
Marriage place: Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Source: Thanks to Deb Thomas Sheldon

Dosithee ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) was the child of Jean Baptiste ARSENAULT and Marie BRIDEAU

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parish of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

Children of Dosithee ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Marguerite THOMAS

Jean Baptiste ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT)

Born: 16 October 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Marie ARSENEAU

Born: 10 April 1847, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Marguerite ARSENAULT

Born: 10 August 1848, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Celestin Sylvain ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Born: 28 October 1849, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 19 July 1931, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Hortense LEBRETON 29 October 1900 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada

Ulysse ARSENAULT

Born: 7 May 1850, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Brigitte ARSENAULT

Born: January 1853, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Anthime ARSENAULT

Born: 1 January 1855, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Dosithee ARSENAULT

Born: 9 June 1857, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Frederic ARSENAULT

Born: 3 December 1861, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1821
12 May 1821
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

1821 Baptism
21 June 1821
Tracadie
Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite THOMAS and Dosithee ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) September 1844, Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

She was 23 years old.

1844 marriage

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) was born 16 October 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 24 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Marie ARSENEAU was born 10 April 1847, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 25 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Marguerite ARSENAULT was born 10 August 1848, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 27 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Celestin Sylvain ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) was born 28 October 1849, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 28 years old.

1850 Birth of Child
Ulysse ARSENAULT was born 7 May 1850, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 29 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Brigitte ARSENAULT was born January 1853, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 31 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Anthime ARSENAULT was born 1 January 1855, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 33 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
Dosithee ARSENAULT was born 9 June 1857, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 36 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Frederic ARSENAULT was born 3 December 1861, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite was 40 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.