Michel GRAVEL

(b. 1 November 1788 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 November 1874 , Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada )

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Michel GRAVEL was born 1 November 1788 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel GRAVEL was the child of Charles GRAVELLE and Marie-Josephe-Angelique CHARPENTIER dite SANSFACON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GRAVEL and Marie-Geneviève GUYON (DION) (maternal) Augustin CHARPENTIER dit SANSFACON and Josephte COURTIN dite SANSCHAGRIN

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

Michel married Catherine CHARRON dite DUCHARME 15 October 1810 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine CHARRON dite DUCHARME was born 20 April 1794 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Catherine died 13 March 1839 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Catherine was the child of Joseph CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Catherine GEOFFROY.

Michel GRAVEL died 27 November 1874 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Michel GRAVEL married

Catherine CHARRON dite DUCHARME-- Date: 15 October 1810 Place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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Catherine CHARRON dite DUCHARME was the child of Joseph CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Catherine GEOFFROY

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Children of Michel GRAVEL and Catherine CHARRON dite DUCHARME:

Pierre GRAVEL (b.2 August 1833, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 11 August 1921, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)
m. Nathalie MIVILLE 31 July 1854 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1788 Birth
1 November 1788
Berthierville, 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)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Michel GRAVEL and Catherine CHARRON dite DUCHARME 15 October 1810, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 21 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

1833 Birth of Child
Pierre GRAVEL was born 2 August 1833, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Michel was 44 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)

1839 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine CHARRON dite DUCHARME died 13 March 1839, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Pierre GRAVEL married 31 July 1854, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Nathalie MIVILLE

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.