Felix MOREAU

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8 July 1811 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

20 March 1865 , Kamouraska, Canada East

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Francois MOREAU Marguerite SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

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Born: 8 July 1811 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Francois MOREAU

Mother: Marguerite SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

Paternal grandparents: Joseph MOREAU , Francoise BERUBE

Maternal grandparents: Augustin SIROIS , Marie-Anne BOUCHER

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Felix married Rose ROY dite DESJARDINS 1 October 1833 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 8 May 1814 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Rose died 11 April 1865 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Rose was the child of Joseph-Marie ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Reine CHOUINARD.

Felix MOREAU died 20 March 1865 in Kamouraska, Canada East .
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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.
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Rose ROY dite DESJARDINS
Marriage date: 1 October 1833
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Rose ROY dite DESJARDINS was the child of Joseph-Marie ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Reine CHOUINARD

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Children of Felix MOREAU and Rose ROY dite DESJARDINS

Marie Anne "Anna" MOREAU

Born: 18 March 1859, Kamouraska, Canada East
Died: 18 September 1927, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Married: Georges TREMBLAY 27 April 1908

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Birth — 1811
8 July 1811
Kamouraska, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Felix MOREAU and Rose ROY dite DESJARDINS 1 October 1833, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 22 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 Birth of Child
Marie Anne "Anna" MOREAU was born 18 March 1859, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Felix was 47 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)