Brigitte DROUIN

Born

29 February 1808 , Beauceville, Lower Canada

Died

24 April 1883 , Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth, Frontenac, Quebec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DROUIN Marguerite VEILLEUX

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Born: 29 February 1808 in Beauceville, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste DROUIN

Mother: Marguerite VEILLEUX

Paternal grandparents: Charles-Amable DROUIN , Marie-Helene PERREAULT

Maternal grandparents: Basile VEILLEUX , Marie-Josephe ROY

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Brigitte married Pierre PEPIN 31 July 1832 in Beauceville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre PEPIN was born 6 October 1794 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 23 July 1841 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Pierre was the child of Louis PEPIN and Marguerite LEPIRE.

Brigitte DROUIN died 24 April 1883 in Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth, Frontenac, 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.

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Brigitte DROUIN married

Pierre PEPIN
Marriage date: 31 July 1832
Marriage place: Beauceville, Lower Canada
Pierre PEPIN was the child of Louis PEPIN and Marguerite LEPIRE

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Children of Pierre PEPIN and Brigitte DROUIN

Hubert PEPIN

Born: 4 September, 1836, Beauceville, Lower Canada
Died: 16 January, 1903, Beauceville, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1808
29 February 1808
Beauceville, 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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage / Partner
Brigitte DROUIN and Pierre PEPIN 31 July 1832, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

She was 24 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Hubert PEPIN was born 4 September, 1836, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Brigitte was 28 years old.

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

1841 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre PEPIN died 23 July 1841, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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.

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.