flag male ancestor  Joseph  GARCEAU

  (b. 1 December 1819 Yamachiche, Lower Canada   d. 3 November 1886 Yamachiche, Québec, Canada )  

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Joseph GARCEAU was born 1 December 1819 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Joseph GARCEAU was the child of Pierre GARCEAU   and   Marie-Louise RIVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Charles GARCEAU and Josephte GRENIER (maternal)  Joseph RIVARD and Marie-Louise LAMOTHE

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Joseph  married  Sophie BELAND 17 August 1840 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie BELAND  was born 14 September 1811 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche).  Sophie died 29 November 1887 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche).  Sophie was the child of Antoine BELAND and Louise BOUCHER.

Joseph GARCEAU died 3 November 1886 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Joseph GARCEAU

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Joseph GARCEAU married flag female ancestor Sophie BELAND-- Date: 17 August 1840 Place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Sophie BELAND was the child of Antoine BELAND and Louise BOUCHER




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Children of Joseph GARCEAU and Sophie BELAND:

flag male ancestor Raphael GARCEAU (b.24 October 1848, Yamachiche, Canada East   d. 23 April 1921, St-Thomas-de-Caxton, Canada)
m. Philomene DUCHEMIN 7 May 1867 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)



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birth1819 Birth
1 December 1819
Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1840 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GARCEAU and Sophie BELAND 17 August 1840, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 20 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1848 Birth of Child
Raphael GARCEAU was born 24 October 1848, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 28 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
marriage1867 Marriage of Child
Raphael GARCEAU married 7 May 1867, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Philomene DUCHEMIN
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
death1886 Death
3 November 1886
Yamachiche, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 66.
Added: 8/2/2024 5:08:59 PM - Updated: 8/2/2024 5:13:06 PM

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