Joseph GRAVEL

Born

21 July 1775 , Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

14 April 1867 , Bristol, Vermont, USA

Joseph married Marie-Clemence DUVAL 7 February 1814 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Clemence DUVAL was born 30 November 1790 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* . Marie-Clemence died 5 February 1829 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada* . Marie-Clemence was the child of Guillaume DUVAL and Marie-Madeleine DUBREUIL .

Parents & Family of Joseph GRAVEL

Parents of Joseph GRAVEL

Father

Joseph GRAVEL

Mother

Louise LECOUR

Grandparents of Joseph GRAVEL

Paternal grandparents

Joseph GRAVEL Angélique THIBAULT

Maternal grandparents

Jacques LECOUR Madeleine REGNIER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph GRAVEL

Joseph GRAVEL married

Marie-Clemence DUVAL
Marriage date: 7 February 1814
Marriage place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*
Marie-Clemence DUVAL was the child of Guillaume DUVAL and Marie-Madeleine DUBREUIL

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

Children of Joseph GRAVEL and Marie-Clemence DUVAL

Joseph GRAVEL

Born: 1 August 1814, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*
Died: 26 June 1900, Ferrisburgh, Vermont, USA

Married: Melissa Felicite ROUSSEL 16 September 1845 Place: Waltham, Vermont, USA

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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 — 1775
21 July 1775
Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GRAVEL and Marie-Clemence DUVAL 7 February 1814, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

He was 38 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Joseph GRAVEL was born 1 August 1814, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Joseph was 39 years old.

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

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Clemence DUVAL died 5 February 1829, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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
Joseph GRAVEL married 16 September 1845, Waltham, Vermont, USA to Melissa Felicite ROUSSEL

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

Death — 1867
14 April 1867
Bristol, Vermont, USA
He died at the age of 91.

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