Michel JOYAL

Born

17 September 1820 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

28 October 1903 , Saint-David, Québec, Canada

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Joseph JOYAL Marie-Agathe MORISSET

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Born: 17 September 1820 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph JOYAL

Mother: Marie-Agathe MORISSET

Paternal grandparents: Joseph JOYAL , Charlotte RITCHOT

Maternal grandparents: Jacques-Philippe MORISSET , Marguerite ALLARD

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Michel married Marie LAUZON 3 February 1845 in Saint-David, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie LAUZON was born 20 July 1816 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie died 4 January 1888 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska). Marie was the child of Pierre-Jean-Baptiste LAUZON and Louise-Monique GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN.

Michel JOYAL died 28 October 1903 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada .

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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.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Michel JOYAL married

Marie LAUZON
Marriage date: 3 February 1845
Marriage place: Saint-David, Canada East
Marie LAUZON was the child of Pierre-Jean-Baptiste LAUZON and Louise-Monique GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN

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Children of Michel JOYAL and Marie LAUZON

Marie-Cécile JOYAL

Born: 21 February 1851, Saint-David, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Joseph AREL 25 July 1876 Place: Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

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Birth — 1820
17 September 1820
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Michel JOYAL and Marie LAUZON 3 February 1845, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

He was 24 years old.

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

1851 Birth of Child
Marie-Cécile JOYAL was born 21 February 1851, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

Michel was 30 years old.

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.