Louis BRAZEAU

Born

26 April 1807 , Verchères, Lower Canada

Died

19 October 1848 , Verchères, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU Genevieve HILERET (LIRETTE)

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Louis BRAZEAU was born 26 April 1807 in Verchères, Lower Canada

Louis BRAZEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU and Genevieve HILERET (LIRETTE)

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude Paul BRAZEAU and Marguerite BERTRAND (maternal) Jean-Baptiste HILERET and Angélique GAGNÉ

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Louis married Sarah DEGUISE dite FLAMAND 2 March 1829 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah DEGUISE dite FLAMAND was born abt. 1806 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Sarah was the child of Joseph DEGUISE dit FLAMAND and Marie THOUIN.

Louis BRAZEAU died 19 October 1848 in Verchères, Canada East .
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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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Louis BRAZEAU married

Sarah DEGUISE dite FLAMAND-- Date: 2 March 1829 Place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Sarah DEGUISE dite FLAMAND was the child of Joseph DEGUISE dit FLAMAND and Marie THOUIN

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Children of Louis BRAZEAU and Sarah DEGUISE dite FLAMAND

Alfred BRAZEAU (b.11 January 1846, Verchères, Canada East d. 6 October 1921, Farnham, Québec, Canada )
m. Zoe LUSSIER 9 February 1869 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1807 Birth
26 April 1807
Verchères, 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 - 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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Louis BRAZEAU and Sarah DEGUISE dite FLAMAND 2 March 1829, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 21 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Alfred BRAZEAU was born 11 January 1846, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 38 years old.