Francois DROUIN

(b. 4 February 1802 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada d. 18 December 1885 , St-André-Avellin, Canada )

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Francois DROUIN was born 4 February 1802 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Francois DROUIN was the child of Francois DROUIN and Catherine DEVOYAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DROUIN and Marie-Madeleine MELOCHE (maternal) Pierre DEVOYAU and Helene-Amable GOYER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Francois married Marguerite BRAZEAU 20 January 1823 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BRAZEAU was born 28 March 1804 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Marguerite died 15 May 1881 in St-André-Avellin, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Francois-Amable BRAZEAU and Marguerite SICARD.

Francois DROUIN died 18 December 1885 in St-André-Avellin, 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.

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Francois DROUIN married

Marguerite BRAZEAU-- Date: 20 January 1823 Place: Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Marguerite BRAZEAU was the child of Francois-Amable BRAZEAU and Marguerite SICARD

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Children of Francois DROUIN and Marguerite BRAZEAU:

Louis DROUIN (b.28 April 1831, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada d. November 12, 1913, St Edouard De Frampton, Quebec, Canada)
m. Mathilde (Domithilde) DEGUIRE 13 September 1852 in Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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1802 Birth
4 February 1802
Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Francois DROUIN and Marguerite BRAZEAU 20 January 1823, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Louis DROUIN was born 28 April 1831, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Francois was 29 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)

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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Louis DROUIN married 13 September 1852, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada to Mathilde (Domithilde) DEGUIRE

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.