Joseph-Michel LAREAU

Born

25 July 1809 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

27 June 1867 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Iberville, Quebec, Canada

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Born: 25 July 1809 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Michel married Marguerite DUQUETTE 22 February 1830 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DUQUETTE was born abt. 1790 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada .

Joseph-Michel LAREAU died 27 June 1867 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Iberville, Quebec, Canada.
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Joseph-Michel LAREAU married

Marguerite DUQUETTE
Marriage date: 22 February 1830
Marriage place: Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph-Michel LAREAU and Marguerite DUQUETTE

Edouard LAREAU

Born: 22 March 1834, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: 21 December 1897, Sutton, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie Jeanne Genevieve AMIEL dite LUSIGNAN 22 June 1868 Place: Sutton, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1809
25 July 1809
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Michel LAREAU and Marguerite DUQUETTE 22 February 1830, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

He was 20 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Edouard LAREAU was born 22 March 1834, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Joseph-Michel was 24 years old.

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.