Isidore MERLOT

(b. 26 January 1787 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 September 1867 , St-Clet, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada )

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Isidore MERLOT was born 26 January 1787 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Isidore MERLOT was the child of Paul MERLOT (MARLEAU) and Marie-Louise RAPIDEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph MERLOT and Marie-Reine PILON (maternal) Michel RAPIDIEUX and Marie-Louise MARTEL

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Isidore married Angelique PROULX 6 February 1809 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique PROULX was born 24 July 1786 in Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal). Angelique died 7 July 1870 in St-Clet, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada. Angelique was the child of Joachim PROULX and Marie-Rose BRABANT.

Isidore MERLOT died 1 September 1867 in St-Clet, Soulanges, Quebec, 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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Isidore MERLOT

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Isidore MERLOT married

Angelique PROULX-- Date: 6 February 1809 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada
Angelique PROULX was the child of Joachim PROULX and Marie-Rose BRABANT

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Children of Isidore MERLOT and Angelique PROULX:

Isidore MARLEAU (b.19 February 1810, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Justine-Christine CAMPEAU 22 July 1834 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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1787 Birth
26 January 1787
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1809 Marriage / Partner
Isidore MERLOT and Angelique PROULX 6 February 1809, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 22 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Isidore MARLEAU was born 19 February 1810, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Isidore was 23 years old.

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

1834 Marriage of Child
Isidore MARLEAU married 22 July 1834, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres) to Justine-Christine CAMPEAU

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)

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.