Joseph GRAVEL

Born

1 July 1815 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

5 March 1886 , Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE) 27 May 1839 in Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE) was born 16 September 1819 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Alexandrine died 21 February 1895 in Saint-Louis-de-Métabetchouan, Quebec, Canada. Alexandrine was the child of Thomas RATTÉ (RATE) and Julienne-Madeleine COUTURIER .

Parents & Family of Joseph GRAVEL

Parents of Joseph GRAVEL

Father

Joseph GRAVEL

Mother

Marie-Luce MCNICOLL

Grandparents of Joseph GRAVEL

Paternal grandparents

Joseph GRAVEL Genevieve CAOUETTE

Maternal grandparents

Agapit MCNICOLL Angelique DALLAIRE (ALLAIRE)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph GRAVEL

Joseph GRAVEL married

Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE)
Marriage date: 27 May 1839
Marriage place: Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Joseph GRAVEL and Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE)
Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE) was the child of Thomas RATTÉ (RATE) and Julienne-Madeleine COUTURIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph GRAVEL and Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE)

Marie-Louise GRAVEL

Born: 9 October 1844, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Alexandre TREMBLAY 6 February 1877 Place: Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean TREMBLAY 16 May 1889 Place: Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1815
1 July 1815
La Malbaie, 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

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GRAVEL and Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE) 27 May 1839, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GRAVEL was born 9 October 1844, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Joseph was 29 years old.

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

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.