Amable MOREAU

Born

28 March 1804 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

Died

29 January 1870 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Born: 28 March 1804 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Parents of Amable MOREAU

Father

Jean-Baptiste MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR

Mother

Josephte BERARD dite LÉPINE

Grandparents of Amable MOREAU

Paternal grandparents

Michel MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR Marie-Agnes DOUCET

Maternal grandparents

Michel BÉRARD dit LEPINE Marie-Josephte GERMAIN dite BELISLE

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

Amable married Josephte GIARD 14 February 1825 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte GIARD was born abt. 1805 in Québec Province, Canada. Josephte was the child of Pierre GIARD and Louise HOGUE.

Amable MOREAU died 29 January 1870 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Amable MOREAU

Amable MOREAU married

Josephte GIARD
Marriage date: 14 February 1825
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Josephte GIARD was the child of Pierre GIARD and Louise HOGUE

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

Children of Amable MOREAU and Josephte GIARD

Louise MOREAU

Born: December 1828, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 2 January 1922,

Married: Edouard ST LAURENT dit CHARBONNIER 2 February 1847 Place: Berthierville, Canada East

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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 — 1804
28 March 1804
Berthierville, 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
Amable MOREAU and Josephte GIARD 14 February 1825, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 20 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)

1828 Birth of Child
Louise MOREAU was born December 1828, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Amable was 24 years old.

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Louise MOREAU married 2 February 1847, Berthierville, Canada East to Edouard ST LAURENT dit CHARBONNIER

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.