Antoine JOYAL

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11 September 1818 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

20 December 1889 , St Cyrille de Wendover, , Quebec, Canada

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Antoine JOYAL Genevieve ALEXANDRE

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Born: 11 September 1818 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine JOYAL

Mother: Genevieve ALEXANDRE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph JOYAL , Charlotte RITCHOT

Maternal grandparents: Pierre ALEXANDRE , Genevieve TAUREL

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Antoine married Angele BROUILLARD 12 August 1839 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angele BROUILLARD was born 8 July 1817 in St-Michel, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Quebec, Canada. Angele died 10 December 1902 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Angele was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLARD and Marie-Geneviève PAUL HUS.

Antoine JOYAL died 20 December 1889 in St Cyrille de Wendover, , Quebec, Canada.
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Antoine JOYAL married

Angele BROUILLARD
Marriage date: 12 August 1839
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Angele BROUILLARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLARD and Marie-Geneviève PAUL HUS

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Children of Antoine JOYAL and Angele BROUILLARD

Marie Emilie JOYAL

Born: 13 April 1856, Saint-David, Canada East
Died: 17 October 1930, West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Edouard Elezeard HEROUX

Angelique JOYAL

Born: 5 October 1859, Saint-David, Canada East
Died: 13 August 1902, St Cyrille de Wendover, Drummondville, Quebec, Canada

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Birth — 1818
11 September 1818
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Antoine JOYAL and Angele BROUILLARD 12 August 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 20 years old.

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.

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

1856 Birth of Child
Marie Emilie JOYAL was born 13 April 1856, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

Antoine was 37 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.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Angelique JOYAL was born 5 October 1859, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

Antoine was 41 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.