Pelagie TRAHAN

Born

18 October 1817 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

5 February 1887 , Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie married Louis BROUILLET (BROUET) 26 June 1837 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Louis BROUILLET (BROUET) was born 21 February 1810 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Louis died 2 June 1888 in Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET (BROUET) dit LAJEUNESSE and Angélique LEBLANC .

Parents & Family of Pelagie TRAHAN

Parents of Pelagie TRAHAN

Father

Pierre TRAHAN

Mother

Marie ISABELLE

Grandparents of Pelagie TRAHAN

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN Marie Angelique Madeleine CLOUATRE

Maternal grandparents

Etienne ISABELLE Marguerite NORMANDIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pelagie TRAHAN

Pelagie TRAHAN married

Louis BROUILLET (BROUET)
Marriage date: 26 June 1837
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Pelagie TRAHAN and Louis BROUILLET (BROUET)
Louis BROUILLET (BROUET) was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET (BROUET) dit LAJEUNESSE and Angélique LEBLANC

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

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Louis BROUILLET (BROUET) and Pelagie TRAHAN

Philomene BROUILLET

Born: abt. 1838, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1838, L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Louis BROUILLET

Born: 28 March 1839, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 16 October 1913, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

Michel BROUILLET

Born: 14 February 1841, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 12 February 1913, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada

Celina BROUILLET

Born: 18 September 1842, L'Acadie, Canada East
Died: 14 December 1844, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East

Pierre BROUILLET

Born: 19 July 1844, Saint-Césaire, Canada East
Died: 14 December 1844, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East

Pierre BROUILLET

Born: 19 July 1844, Saint-Césaire, Canada East
Died: 14 December 1844, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East

Moise BROUILLETTE

Born: 4 September 1846, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 25 May 1925, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

Marie-Marceline BROUILLET

Born: April 1849, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East
Died: 2 July 1878, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Julien BROUILLET

Born: 30 January 1851, Saint-Césaire, Canada East
Died: 30 June 1924, Saint-Gabriel-de-Ferland, Quebec, Canada

Theole BROUILLET

Born: 2 January 1852, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East
Died: ,

Tharsile BROUILLET

Born: 12 July 1855, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East
Died: 3 May 1938, Blackstone, Massachusetts, USA

Azilda BROUILLETTE (BROUILLET)

Born: 17 November 1857, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East
Died: 21 July 1934, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

Marie BROUILLET

Born: 17 October 1859, Saint-Césaire, Canada East
Died: 1 February 1860, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East

Marie-Rosalie BROUILLET

Born: 22 November 1860, Saint-Césaire, Canada East
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

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 — 1817
18 October 1817
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Marriage / Partner
Pelagie TRAHAN and Louis BROUILLET (BROUET) 26 June 1837, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 19 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Louis BROUILLET was born 28 March 1839, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Pelagie was 21 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

1841 Birth of Child
Michel BROUILLET was born 14 February 1841, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Pelagie was 23 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Celina BROUILLET was born 18 September 1842, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pelagie was 24 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Pierre BROUILLET was born 19 July 1844, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Pelagie was 26 years old.

1844 Death of Child
Celina BROUILLET died 14 December 1844, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie was 27 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Moise BROUILLETTE was born 4 September 1846, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Pelagie was 28 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Marceline BROUILLET was born April 1849, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie was 31 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Julien BROUILLET was born 30 January 1851, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Pelagie was 33 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Theole BROUILLET was born 2 January 1852, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie was 34 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Tharsile BROUILLET was born 12 July 1855, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Azilda BROUILLETTE (BROUILLET) was born 17 November 1857, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie was 40 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Marie BROUILLET was born 17 October 1859, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Pelagie was 42 years old.

1860 Death of Child
Marie BROUILLET died 1 February 1860, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Pelagie was 42 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Marie-Rosalie BROUILLET was born 22 November 1860, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Pelagie was 43 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.