Alexis CRÉPEAU

Born

26 April 1786 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

11 July 1875 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

Alexis married Theotiste HUS LEMOINE 9 January 1815 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Theotiste HUS LEMOINE was born 5 September 1799 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Theotiste died 29 November 1883 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Theotiste was the child of Antoine HUS LEMOINE and Geneviève PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX .

Parents & Family of Alexis CRÉPEAU

Parents of Alexis CRÉPEAU

Father

Pierre CRÉPEAU

Mother

Marie-Pelagie BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite COURCHESNE

Grandparents of Alexis CRÉPEAU

Paternal grandparents

Charles CRÉPEAU Marie-Angelique LAMBERT

Maternal grandparents

Antoine-Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE Marguerite DUTEAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alexis CRÉPEAU

Alexis CRÉPEAU married

Theotiste HUS LEMOINE
Marriage date: 9 January 1815
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Theotiste HUS LEMOINE was the child of Antoine HUS LEMOINE and Geneviève PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX

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

Children of Alexis CRÉPEAU and Theotiste HUS LEMOINE

Charles CRÉPEAU

Born: abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie RAJOTTE (RAGEOT) 4 August 1840 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada

Alexis CREPEAU

Born: June 11, 1822, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: June 1, 1898, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Edwidge BERARD-LETENDRE

Catherine CREPEAU

Born: 14 August 1833, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Nazaire BERARD 31 January 1854 Place: Sorel, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1786
26 April 1786
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, 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)

1815 Marriage / Partner
Alexis CRÉPEAU and Theotiste HUS LEMOINE 9 January 1815, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 28 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

1822 Birth of Child
Alexis CREPEAU was born June 11, 1822, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis was 36 years old.

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
Catherine CREPEAU was born 14 August 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis was 47 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

1840 Marriage of Child
Charles CRÉPEAU married 4 August 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada to Marie RAJOTTE (RAGEOT)

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
Catherine CREPEAU married 31 January 1854, Sorel, Canada East to Nazaire BERARD

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.