Etienne NADEAU

Born

25 July 1792 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Died

13 September 1876 , Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada

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Ignace NADEAU Marie-Louise BOURASSA

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Born: 25 July 1792 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Father: Ignace NADEAU

Mother: Marie-Louise BOURASSA

Paternal grandparents: Antoine NADEAU , Marie-Louise TARDIF

Maternal grandparents: Michel BOURASSA , Marie-Louise DUSSAULT

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Etienne married Genevieve CANTIN 21 January 1817 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve CANTIN was born 12 April 1796 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Genevieve died 2 September 1832 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Genevieve was the child of Jacques CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marie-Thecle ROBERGE.

Etienne NADEAU died 13 September 1876 in Saint-Henri, Québec, 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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Genevieve CANTIN
Marriage date: 21 January 1817
Marriage place: Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

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Genevieve CANTIN was the child of Jacques CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marie-Thecle ROBERGE

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Children of Etienne NADEAU and Genevieve CANTIN

Brigitte NADEAU

Born: 4 November 1823, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada
Died: 25 November 1855, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Canada East

Married: Francois SAMSON 16 April 1845 Place: Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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Birth — 1792
25 July 1792
Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Etienne NADEAU and Genevieve CANTIN 21 January 1817, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

He was 24 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Brigitte NADEAU was born 4 November 1823, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Etienne was 31 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

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Genevieve CANTIN died 2 September 1832, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Brigitte NADEAU married 16 April 1845, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon) to Francois SAMSON

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 Death of Child
Brigitte NADEAU died 25 November 1855, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon)

Etienne was 63 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.

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.