Louis BROUILLET (BROUET)

Born

21 February 1810 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

2 June 1888 , Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada

Louis married Pelagie TRAHAN 26 June 1837 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Pelagie TRAHAN was born 18 October 1817 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Pelagie died 5 February 1887 in Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada. Pelagie was the child of Pierre TRAHAN and Marie ISABELLE .

Parents & Family of Louis BROUILLET (BROUET)

Parents of Louis BROUILLET (BROUET)

Father

Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET (BROUET) dit LAJEUNESSE

Mother

Angélique LEBLANC

Grandparents of Louis BROUILLET (BROUET)

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE Marie-Anne-Jeanne BOURASSA

Maternal grandparents

François LEBLANC Marie-Angélique LEMAY

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis BROUILLET (BROUET)

Louis BROUILLET (BROUET) married

Pelagie TRAHAN
Marriage date: 26 June 1837
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Louis BROUILLET (BROUET) and Pelagie TRAHAN
Pelagie TRAHAN was the child of Pierre TRAHAN and Marie ISABELLE

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: ,

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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 — 1810
21 February 1810
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

He was 27 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)

Louis was 29 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)

Louis was 31 years old.

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

Louis was 32 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)

Louis was 34 years old.

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

Louis was 34 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)

Louis was 36 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

Louis was 39 years old.

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

Louis was 40 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

Louis was 41 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

Louis was 45 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

Louis was 47 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)

Louis was 49 years old.

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

Louis was 49 years old.

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

Louis was 50 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.