Thomas CORNEAU

Born

12 August 1808 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

22 January 1885 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

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André CORNEAU Marguerite GAUDREAU

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Born: 12 August 1808 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: André CORNEAU

Mother: Marguerite GAUDREAU

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-Clement CORNEAU , Felicite BOIVIN

Maternal grandparents: Jacques GAUDREAU , Marguerite-Sophie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE

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Thomas married Marie-Basilisse TREMBLAY 26 April 1842 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Basilisse TREMBLAY was born 14 November 1815 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie-Basilisse died 7 November 1885 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Marie-Basilisse was the child of Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Marthe CLAVEAU.

Thomas CORNEAU died 22 January 1885 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Thomas CORNEAU married

Marie-Basilisse TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 26 April 1842
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Marie-Basilisse TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Marthe CLAVEAU

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Children of Thomas CORNEAU and Marie-Basilisse TREMBLAY

Rose-Delima CORNEAU

Born: 13 July 1848, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie CORNEAU

Born: abt. 1854, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1808
12 August 1808
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Thomas CORNEAU and Marie-Basilisse TREMBLAY 26 April 1842, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 33 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Rose-Delima CORNEAU was born 13 July 1848, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Thomas was 39 years old.

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.