Charles DRAPEAU

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24 December 1808 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

Died

4 December 1856 , Rimouski, Canada East

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Pierre DRAPEAU Geneviève LANGLOIS

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Born: 24 December 1808 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre DRAPEAU

Mother: Geneviève LANGLOIS

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DRAPEAU , Josephte MARANDA

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-Marie LANGLOIS , Marguerite GOSSELIN

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Charles married Celeste PARENT 10 November 1829 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Celeste PARENT was born 29 June 1810 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Celeste died 5 January 1865 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Celeste was the child of Jacques PARENT and Marie-Desiree RUEST (RUAIS).

Charles DRAPEAU died 4 December 1856 in Rimouski, Canada East .
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Celeste PARENT
Marriage date: 10 November 1829
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Celeste PARENT was the child of Jacques PARENT and Marie-Desiree RUEST (RUAIS)

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Children of Charles DRAPEAU and Celeste PARENT

Luce DRAPEAU

Born: 26 July 1832, Rimouski, Lower Canada
Died: 2 June 1889, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Married: Nicolas BOUCHARD 14 May 1849 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1808
24 December 1808
Rimouski, 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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Charles DRAPEAU and Celeste PARENT 10 November 1829, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 20 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Luce DRAPEAU was born 26 July 1832, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Charles was 23 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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Luce DRAPEAU married 14 May 1849, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Nicolas BOUCHARD

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.