Alexandre LEBRETON

(b. 3 April 1820 , New Brunswick, Canada d. 5 March 1891 , New Brunswick, Canada )

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Alexandre LEBRETON was born 3 April 1820 in New Brunswick, Canada

Alexandre LEBRETON was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEBRETON and Marie Anne DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Rene ROBERT dit LEBRETON and Marie-Thérèse BOISSEL

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

Alexandre married Veronique BREAU (BRAULT) 13 January 1845 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Veronique BREAU (BRAULT) was born 21 February 1816 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Veronique died 6 March 1904 in New Brunswick, Canada. Veronique was the child of Jean Magloire BRAULT and Marie Madeleine (Magdelaine) BASTARACHE dite BASQUE.

Alexandre LEBRETON died 5 March 1891 in New Brunswick, Canada.
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Alexandre LEBRETON married

Veronique BREAU (BRAULT)-- Date: 13 January 1845 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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Veronique BREAU (BRAULT) was the child of Jean Magloire BRAULT and Marie Madeleine (Magdelaine) BASTARACHE dite BASQUE

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Children of Alexandre LEBRETON and Veronique BREAU (BRAULT):

Marie Thérèse LEBRETON (b.17 October 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 19 March 1930, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Dosithee BRIDEAU 5 February 1872 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Antoine LEBRETON (b.8 December 1849, , New Brunswick, Canada d. 17 July 1886, , New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Judith BRIDEAU 21 October 1873 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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1820 Birth
3 April 1820
New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
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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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre LEBRETON and Veronique BREAU (BRAULT) 13 January 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 24 years old.

1845 marriage

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Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
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1845 Birth of Child
Marie Thérèse LEBRETON was born 17 October 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Alexandre was 25 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Antoine LEBRETON was born 8 December 1849, , New Brunswick, Canada

Alexandre was 29 years old.

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)

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.