Pierre BRUNEAU

(b. 15 November 1801 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada d. 25 April 1869 , Ste-Mélanie, Joliette, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre BRUNEAU was born 15 November 1801 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Pierre BRUNEAU was the child of Pierre BRUNEAU and Marie-Josephte VALOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BRUNEAU and Louise-Angelique GIROUX (maternal) Joseph VALOIS and Marie-Josephte HOUDE (HOULE)

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

Pierre married Marguerite BEAUPARLANT 25 September 1832 in Ste-Mélanie, Joliette, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BEAUPARLANT was born abt. 1793 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 10 December 1870 in Ste-Mélanie, Joliette, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of François BEAUPARLANT and Marie-Madeleine BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite DUPAS.

Pierre BRUNEAU died 25 April 1869 in Ste-Mélanie, Joliette, Québec, Canada.
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Occupation

Pierre BRUNEAU was a Maçon.

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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Pierre BRUNEAU married

Marguerite BEAUPARLANT-- Date: 25 September 1832 Place: Ste-Mélanie, Joliette, Québec, Canada
Marguerite BEAUPARLANT was the child of François BEAUPARLANT and Marie-Madeleine BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite DUPAS

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Children of Pierre BRUNEAU and Marguerite BEAUPARLANT:

Joseph BRUNEAU (b.10 July 1833, Sainte-Mélanie, Joliette, Quebec, Canada d. 14 December 1904, Sainte-Mélanie, Joliette, Quebec, Canada)
m. Sophie MASSICOTTE 22 August 1859 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1801 Birth
15 November 1801
Saint-Cuthbert, 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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BRUNEAU and Marguerite BEAUPARLANT 25 September 1832, Ste-Mélanie, Joliette, Québec, Canada

He was 30 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Joseph BRUNEAU was born 10 July 1833, Sainte-Mélanie, Joliette, Quebec, Canada

Pierre was 31 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.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Joseph BRUNEAU married 22 August 1859, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Sophie MASSICOTTE

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.