Antoine JOYAL

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19 January 1793 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

16 March 1874 , Saint-David, Québec, Canada

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Joseph JOYAL Charlotte RITCHOT

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Born: 19 January 1793 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph JOYAL

Mother: Charlotte RITCHOT

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste JOYAL , Francoise CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Francois RITCHOT , Marie-Anne GIROUX

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Antoine married Genevieve ALEXANDRE 3 February 1817 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve ALEXANDRE was born 17 August 1792 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Genevieve died 16 September 1889 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska). Genevieve was the child of Pierre ALEXANDRE and Genevieve TAUREL.

Antoine JOYAL died 16 March 1874 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Genevieve ALEXANDRE
Marriage date: 3 February 1817
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada

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Genevieve ALEXANDRE was the child of Pierre ALEXANDRE and Genevieve TAUREL

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Antoine JOYAL

Born: 11 September 1818, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 20 December 1889, St Cyrille de Wendover, , Quebec, Canada

Married: Angele BROUILLARD 12 August 1839 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1793
19 January 1793
Yamaska, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Antoine JOYAL and Genevieve ALEXANDRE 3 February 1817, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 24 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Birth of Child
Antoine JOYAL was born 11 September 1818, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Antoine was 25 years old.

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 of Child
Antoine JOYAL married 12 August 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Angele BROUILLARD

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.

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.