Catherine VADNAIS

Born

9 March 1786 , Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

29 August 1848 , Chambly, Canada East

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Joseph-Noel VADNAIS Marie-Josephe CHALIFOUX

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Born: 9 March 1786 in Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph-Noel VADNAIS

Mother: Marie-Josephe CHALIFOUX

Paternal grandparents: Joseph VADNAIS , Catherine-Amable GUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) , Geneviève-Barbe MAGUET

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Catherine married Julien BROUILLETTE dit BERNARD 25 February 1805 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julien BROUILLETTE dit BERNARD was born 10 October 1783 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Julien died 23 August 1864 in Saint-Bruno, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada. Julien was the child of Alexis-Louis BROUILLET and Marie-Anne BONNIER dite LAPLANTE.

Catherine VADNAIS died 29 August 1848 in Chambly, 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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Catherine VADNAIS married

Julien BROUILLETTE dit BERNARD
Marriage date: 25 February 1805
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Julien BROUILLETTE dit BERNARD was the child of Alexis-Louis BROUILLET and Marie-Anne BONNIER dite LAPLANTE

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Marie-Clotilde BROUILLETTE

Born: abt. 1815, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 25 September 1851, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East

Married: François DUHAMEL dit SANSFACON 26 January 1836 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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Birth — 1786
9 March 1786
Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Catherine VADNAIS and Julien BROUILLETTE dit BERNARD 25 February 1805, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

She was 18 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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Marriage of Child
Marie-Clotilde BROUILLETTE married 26 January 1836, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to François DUHAMEL dit SANSFACON

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)