flag male ancestor  Francois-Xavier  BRUNEAU

  (b. abt. 1815 Québec Province, Canada   d. 2 March 1889 Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Canada )  

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Francois-Xavier BRUNEAU was born abt. 1815 in Québec Province, Canada

Francois-Xavier BRUNEAU was the child of Francois BRUNEAU   and   Geneviève LETOURNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  François BRUNEAU and Marie-Angélique ASSELIN (maternal)  Jacques LETOURNEAU and Marthe NAULT

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Francois-Xavier  married  Obeline BRISSON 20 November 1838 in Rimouski, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Obeline BRISSON  was born abt. 1819 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Obeline died 4 February 1913 in St-Moïse, Matapédia, Canada.  Obeline was the child of Pierre BRISSON and Monique FOURNIER.

Francois-Xavier BRUNEAU died 2 March 1889 in Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Francois-Xavier BRUNEAU

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Francois-Xavier BRUNEAU married flag female ancestor Obeline BRISSON-- Date: 20 November 1838 Place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
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Obeline BRISSON was the child of Pierre BRISSON and Monique FOURNIER




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Children of Francois-Xavier BRUNEAU and Obeline BRISSON:

flag female ancestor Marie-Rose-Delima BRUNEAU (b.abt. 1851, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )
m. Godefroy TREMBLAY 30 April 1872



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News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1838 Marriage / Partner
Francois-Xavier BRUNEAU and Obeline BRISSON 20 November 1838, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
death1889 Death
2 March 1889
Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Canada
Added: 1/25/2025 10:44:26 AM - Updated: 1/25/2025 10:48:10 AM

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