Francoise BRAY

(b. 2 November 1801 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada d. 17 May 1879 , Ripon, Papineau, Quebec, Canada )

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Francoise BRAY was born 2 November 1801 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

Francoise BRAY was the child of ? and ?

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

Francoise married Jean-Baptiste MONTREUIL dit SEDILOT 3 November 1819 in Saint-Polycarpe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste MONTREUIL dit SEDILOT was born 14 May 1796 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Jean-Baptiste died 8 January 1866 in Williamstown, Ontario, Canada.

Francoise BRAY died 17 May 1879 in Ripon, Papineau, 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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Francoise BRAY married

Jean-Baptiste MONTREUIL dit SEDILOT-- Date: 3 November 1819 Place: Saint-Polycarpe, Lower Canada

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Children of Jean-Baptiste MONTREUIL dit SEDILOT and Francoise BRAY:

Marguerite MONTREUIL (b.4 July 1846, Saint-Raphaels, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Canada West d. 22 December 1915, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Olivier LAVERGNE dit LEBUIS 24 August 1862

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1801 Birth
2 November 1801
Les Cèdres, 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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Francoise BRAY and Jean-Baptiste MONTREUIL dit SEDILOT 3 November 1819, Saint-Polycarpe, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

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

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Marguerite MONTREUIL was born 4 July 1846, Saint-Raphaels, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada

Francoise was 44 years old.

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)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste MONTREUIL dit SEDILOT died 8 January 1866, Williamstown, Ontario, Canada

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.