Joseph GATINEAU

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10 March 1833 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

23 August 1901 , St-Nazaire-d'Acton, Canada

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Joseph GATINEAU dit BRINDAMOUR Marguerite PELLETIER

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Born: 10 March 1833 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph GATINEAU dit BRINDAMOUR

Mother: Marguerite PELLETIER

Paternal grandparents: Joseph GATINEAU dit BRINDAMOUR , Marguerite MATHIEU

Maternal grandparents: Louis PELLETIER dit ANTAYA , Marie-Jeanne LETENDRE

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Joseph married Marie THERIAULT 13 February 1855 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie THERIAULT was born abt. 1833 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 7 August 1926 in St-Nazaire-d'Acton, Canada. Marie was the child of Antoine THERIAULT and Marie-Adelaide PHOCAS dite RAYMOND.

Joseph GATINEAU died 23 August 1901 in St-Nazaire-d'Acton, Canada.
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Marie THERIAULT
Marriage date: 13 February 1855
Marriage place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Marie THERIAULT was the child of Antoine THERIAULT and Marie-Adelaide PHOCAS dite RAYMOND

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Children of Joseph GATINEAU and Marie THERIAULT

Félix GATINEAU

Born: 12 November 1857, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: 21 December 1927, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1833
10 March 1833
Sorel, Lower Canada

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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GATINEAU and Marie THERIAULT 13 February 1855, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

He was 21 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
Félix GATINEAU was born 12 November 1857, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 24 years old.

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.