Joseph MANSEAU

(b. 29 July 1792 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 29 October 1881 , Wotton, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph MANSEAU was born 29 July 1792 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Joseph MANSEAU was the child of Antoine ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU and Marie-Louise COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph ROBIDAS MANSEAU and Josephte PINARD dite BEAUCHEMIN (maternal) Isidore COTE and Josephte GRENON

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

Joseph married Marie-Louise BRASSARD 12 February 1816 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise BRASSARD was born 9 May 1796 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Marie-Louise died 29 April 1854 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre BRASSARD and Marie-Louise TRIGANE (TRIGANNE).

Joseph MANSEAU died 29 October 1881 in Wotton, 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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Joseph MANSEAU married

Marie-Louise BRASSARD-- Date: 12 February 1816 Place: Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise BRASSARD was the child of Pierre BRASSARD and Marie-Louise TRIGANE (TRIGANNE)

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Children of Joseph MANSEAU and Marie-Louise BRASSARD:

Emilie MANSEAU (b.4 February 1825, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 12 November 1911, Wotton, Québec, Canada )
m. Michel CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE 22 October 1844 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1792 Birth
29 July 1792
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MANSEAU and Marie-Louise BRASSARD 12 February 1816, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He 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)

1825 Birth of Child
Emilie MANSEAU was born 4 February 1825, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 32 years old.

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Emilie MANSEAU married 22 October 1844, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Michel CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE

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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise BRASSARD died 29 April 1854, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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.