Alexis CRÉPEAU

(b. 26 April 1786 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 July 1875 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Alexis CRÉPEAU was born 26 April 1786 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada

Alexis CRÉPEAU was the child of Pierre CRÉPEAU and Marie-Pelagie BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite COURCHESNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles CRÉPEAU and Marie-Angelique LAMBERT (maternal) Antoine-Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE and Marguerite DUTEAU

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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, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Theotiste died 29 November 1883 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Theotiste was the child of Antoine HUS LEMOINE and Geneviève PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX.

Alexis CRÉPEAU died 11 July 1875 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Family and Children of Alexis CRÉPEAU

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Alexis CRÉPEAU married

Theotiste HUS LEMOINE-- Date: 9 January 1815 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Theotiste HUS LEMOINE was the child of Antoine HUS LEMOINE and Geneviève PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX

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Children of Alexis CRÉPEAU and Theotiste HUS LEMOINE:

Charles CRÉPEAU (b.abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie RAJOTTE (RAGEOT) 4 August 1840 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis CREPEAU (b.June 11, 1822, Sorel, Lower Canada d. June 1, 1898, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Edwidge BERARD-LETENDRE

Catherine CREPEAU (b.14 August 1833, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Nazaire BERARD 31 January 1854 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1786 Birth
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)

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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, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) 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, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) 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.