Apolline BROUILLET (BROUET)

Born

17 February 1784 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

17 July 1860 , Napierville, Canada East

Parents & Family of Apolline BROUILLET (BROUET)

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Born: 17 February 1784 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Apolline BROUILLET (BROUET)

Father

Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE

Mother

Marie-Anne-Jeanne BOURASSA

Grandparents of Apolline BROUILLET (BROUET)

Paternal grandparents

Michel BROUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE Marie-Louise-Madeleine RENAUDET

Maternal grandparents

François-Albert-Jacques BOURASSA Marie-Anne-Jeanne BROSSEAU

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

Apolline married Jean Baptiste SMITH 22 October 1798 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Jean Baptiste SMITH was born 26 July 1777 in Guilford, Crown Colony of Connecticut. Jean Baptiste died 2 March 1818 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada. Jean Baptiste was the child of John SMITH and Anastasie HÉBERT.

Apolline married (2) Pierre CYR 5 March 1821 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Pierre CYR was born 5 August 1783 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre died 3 May 1875 in Napierville, Québec, Canada . Pierre was the child of Pierre Paul CYR and Françoise PELLERIN.

Apolline BROUILLET (BROUET) died 17 July 1860 in Napierville, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Apolline BROUILLET (BROUET)

Apolline BROUILLET (BROUET) married

Jean Baptiste SMITH
Marriage date: 22 October 1798
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Jean Baptiste SMITH was the child of John SMITH and Anastasie HÉBERT

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Jean Baptiste SMITH and Apolline BROUILLET (BROUET)

Marcel SMITH

Born: abt. 1799, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marguerite SMITH

Born: 18 June 1800, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 7 February 1859, Napierville, Canada East

Joseph SMITH

Born: abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Jean-Baptiste SMITH

Born: 5 March 1804, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 6 May 1886, Farnham, Québec, Canada

Marie SMITH

Born: abt. 1806, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Joseph SMITH

Born: 17 July 1807, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Michel SMITH

Born: 1 October 1809, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Patrick SMITH

Born: abt. 1810, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marseille SMITH

Born: 2 June 1811, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marie SMITH

Born: abt. 1814, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Hilaire SMITH

Born: 21 September 1818, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Apolline BROUILLET (BROUET) married

Pierre CYR
Marriage date: 5 March 1821
Marriage place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Pierre CYR was the child of Pierre Paul CYR and Françoise PELLERIN

Marriage notes:

Name: Paul Brouillet

[Apolline Brouillet]

Spouse: Pierre Cye

Event: Mariage (Marriage)

Marriage Year: 1821

Marriage Location: St-Luc, Québec (Quebec)

Place of Worship or Institution:

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

Children of Pierre CYR and Apolline BROUILLET (BROUET)

Aubin CYR

Born: abt. 1822, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 January 1880, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Julien CYR

Born: 29 June 1823, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Sophie JANELLE 8 November 1842 Place: Napierville, Canada East

Domitile CYR

Born: 28 July 1825, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: 4 February 1911, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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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1784 Baptism

Baptism found at St-Jean-Francois-Regis (St-Philippe), Laprairie, Quebec

Source / record details
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Birth — 1784
17 February 1784
La Prairie, 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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Apolline BROUILLET (BROUET) and Jean Baptiste SMITH 22 October 1798, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 14 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Birth of Child
Marguerite SMITH was born 18 June 1800, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Apolline was 16 years old.

1804 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste SMITH was born 5 March 1804, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Apolline was 20 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Joseph SMITH was born 17 July 1807, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Apolline was 23 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Michel SMITH was born 1 October 1809, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Apolline was 25 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Marseille SMITH was born 2 June 1811, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Apolline was 27 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.

1818 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean Baptiste SMITH died 2 March 1818, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

1818 Birth of Child
Hilaire SMITH was born 21 September 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Apolline was 34 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage / Partner
Apolline BROUILLET (BROUET) and Pierre CYR 5 March 1821, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

She was 37 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Julien CYR was born 29 June 1823, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Apolline was 39 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Domitile CYR was born 28 July 1825, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Apolline was 41 years old.

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Julien CYR married 8 November 1842, Napierville, Canada East to Sophie JANELLE

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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Death of Child
Marguerite SMITH died 7 February 1859, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Apolline was 75 years old.

Death — 1860
17 July 1860
Napierville, Canada East
She died at the age of 76.

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