Thomas GRAVEL

Born

11 March 1802 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

19 March 1866 , Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Charles GRAVEL Geneviève SIMARD

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Born: 11 March 1802 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Charles GRAVEL

Mother: Geneviève SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GRAVEL , Marie-Anne BUREAU

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD , Elisabeth BRADETTE dite LAFORGE (PRADET)

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Thomas married Luce AUDET dite LAPOINTE 1 February 1831 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Luce AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 13 December 1809 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Luce died 6 November 1898 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada . Luce was the child of Barthelemy AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Procule TREMBLAY.

Thomas GRAVEL died 19 March 1866 in Les Éboulements, Canada East .
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Thomas GRAVEL married

Luce AUDET dite LAPOINTE
Marriage date: 1 February 1831
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Luce AUDET dite LAPOINTE was the child of Barthelemy AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Procule TREMBLAY

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Children of Thomas GRAVEL and Luce AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Delphine GRAVEL

Born: 8 August 1839, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Amarade-Smaragde TREMBLAY 7 April 1861 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Zozime GRAVEL

Born: 2 January 1842, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 12 April 1933, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Ferdinand TREMBLAY 21 July 1868 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1802
11 March 1802
Les Éboulements, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Thomas GRAVEL and Luce AUDET dite LAPOINTE 1 February 1831, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 28 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Delphine GRAVEL was born 8 August 1839, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Thomas was 37 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

1842 Birth of Child
Zozime GRAVEL was born 2 January 1842, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Thomas was 39 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)

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Delphine GRAVEL married 7 April 1861, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Amarade-Smaragde TREMBLAY

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)