Louis CROTEAU

Born

18 March 1802 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

29 September 1873 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Louis married Josephte MONTAMBAULT 14 February 1825 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte MONTAMBAULT was born 6 October 1805 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Josephte died 16 January 1890 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada . Josephte was the child of Joseph MONTAMBAULT and Marie GIGNAC .

Parents & Family of Louis CROTEAU

Parents of Louis CROTEAU

Father

Louis CROTEAU dit VINCENT

Mother

Marie-Geneviève VERRET dite CARON

Grandparents of Louis CROTEAU

Paternal grandparents

Louis-Marie CROTEAU dit VINCENT Charlotte COULOMBE

Maternal grandparents

Michel VERRET Marie-Amable LAROQUEBRUNE (ROCH)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis CROTEAU

Louis CROTEAU married

Josephte MONTAMBAULT
Marriage date: 14 February 1825
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Josephte MONTAMBAULT was the child of Joseph MONTAMBAULT and Marie GIGNAC

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Louis CROTEAU and Josephte MONTAMBAULT

Celina CROTEAU

Born: abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 21 April 1890, Sainte-Eulalie, Québec, Canada

Married: Charles RICHER 2 September 1851 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1802
18 March 1802
Bécancour, Nicolet, 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 Marriage / Partner
Louis CROTEAU and Josephte MONTAMBAULT 14 February 1825, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 22 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

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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Celina CROTEAU married 2 September 1851, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East to Charles RICHER

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.