Francois VERREAULT

Born

2 November 1808 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

23 October 1883 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Francois married Julienne BOUCHARD 14 February 1831 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julienne BOUCHARD was born 18 April 1802 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Julienne died 26 December 1838 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Julienne was the child of Godefroy BOUCHARD and Julie DESBIENS .

Parents & Family of Francois VERREAULT

Parents of Francois VERREAULT

Father

Amable VERREAULT

Mother

Genevieve SAVARD

Grandparents of Francois VERREAULT

Paternal grandparents

Amable VERREAULT (VERREAU) Francoise-Philotee POITEVIN dite POTVIN

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Louis SAVARD Genevieve-Ursule BRISSON

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Francois VERREAULT

Francois VERREAULT married

Julienne BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 14 February 1831
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Francois VERREAULT and Julienne BOUCHARD
Julienne BOUCHARD was the child of Godefroy BOUCHARD and Julie DESBIENS

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

Children of Francois VERREAULT and Julienne BOUCHARD

Edith VERREAULT

Born: abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 29 May 1913, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: François TREMBLAY 25 November 1873 Place: Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1808
2 November 1808
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Francois VERREAULT and Julienne BOUCHARD 14 February 1831, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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

1838 Death of Spouse/Partner
Julienne BOUCHARD died 26 December 1838, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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

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.