Esther MATTEAU

(b. 6 December 1805 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 12 August 1854 , Yamachiche, Canada East )

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Esther MATTEAU was born 6 December 1805 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Esther MATTEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU and Elisabeth HEBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU and Cecile GOSSELIN (maternal) Joseph HEBERT and Marie-Rose CORRIVEAU

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

Esther married Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE 23 February 1829 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE was born 31 January 1806 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Luc died 30 October 1890 in St-Sévère, Quebec, Canada. Luc was the child of François DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE and Françoise TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE.

Esther MATTEAU died 12 August 1854 in Yamachiche, 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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Esther MATTEAU married

Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE-- Date: 23 February 1829 Place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE was the child of François DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE and Françoise TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE

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Children of Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE and Esther MATTEAU:

Olive DEZIEL dite LABRECH (b.abt. 1849, Yamachiche, Canada East d. 9 October 1875, St-Élie, Québec, Canada)
m. Jean BELLEMARE 10 October 1865

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1805 Birth
6 December 1805
Yamachiche, Lower Canada

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)

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

1829 Marriage / Partner
Esther MATTEAU and Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE 23 February 1829, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

She was 23 years old.

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)

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.