Joseph-Isaac ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT)

(b. 9 August 1800 , Rimouski, Lower Canada d. 26 February 1880 , Charlo, Ste. Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Joseph-Isaac ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) was born 9 August 1800 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Joseph-Isaac ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) was the child of Jean Pierre Alexandre ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) and Marie-Rose MIGNEAULT dite LABRIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ARSENAULT and Anne Theodose GIROUARD (maternal) Joseph MIGNEAULT dit LABRIE and Rosalie LIZOTTE

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

Joseph-Isaac married Marie-Sarah LAVIOLETTE 29 November 1824 in Bonaventure, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Sarah LAVIOLETTE was born 26 March 1802 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure). Marie-Sarah died 28 July 1869 in Charlo, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada. Marie-Sarah was the child of Joseph JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Anne MCINTYRE.

Joseph-Isaac ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) died 26 February 1880 in Charlo, Ste. Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada.
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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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Joseph-Isaac ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) married

Marie-Sarah LAVIOLETTE-- Date: 29 November 1824 Place: Bonaventure, Lower Canada
Marie-Sarah LAVIOLETTE was the child of Joseph JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Anne MCINTYRE

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Children of Joseph-Isaac ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) and Marie-Sarah LAVIOLETTE:

Jean Louis ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) (b.24 March 1838, , New Brunswick, Canada d. 31 October 1909, Balmoral, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Marie-Louise BERNARD 10 February 1874

Christina ARSENEAU (b.26 July 1840, Charlo, New Brunswick, Canada d. 24 January 1911, Jacquet River, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. James SHANNON 6 July 1859

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1800 Birth
9 August 1800
Rimouski, 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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Isaac ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) and Marie-Sarah LAVIOLETTE 29 November 1824, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

He was 24 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Jean Louis ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) was born 24 March 1838, , New Brunswick, Canada

Joseph-Isaac was 37 years old.

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
Christina ARSENEAU was born 26 July 1840, Charlo, New Brunswick, Canada

Joseph-Isaac was 39 years old.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.