Emery BREAU (BRAULT)

Born

6 June 1817 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

25 May 1905 , Upton, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT)Marie-Josephte RICHARD

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Born: 6 June 1817 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT)

Mother: Marie-Josephte RICHARD

Paternal grandparents: Jean Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT) , Brigitte LAVIOLETTE

Maternal grandparents: Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD , Marie-Catherine PHANEUF

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Emery married Julie DUBÉ dite DELORME 11 February 1839 in Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada . Julie DUBÉ dite DELORME was born abt. 1819 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Julie was the child of Charles DUBÉ dit DELORME and Apolline COUTU.

Emery married (2) Julie CHARPENTIER 17 May 1842 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East . Julie CHARPENTIER was born abt. 1822 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Julie was the child of Michel CHARPENTIER and Angélique NADEAU.

Emery married (3) Henriette BOURGAULT dite LACROIX 12 October 1868 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada . Henriette BOURGAULT dite LACROIX was born 29 November 1824 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Henriette was the child of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marie-Judith DAIGLE.

Emery BREAU (BRAULT) died 25 May 1905 in Upton, Québec, Canada .

died at St Guillaume d'Upton, Yamaska, Quebec

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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.

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Emery BREAU (BRAULT) married

Julie DUBÉ dite DELORME
Marriage date: 11 February 1839
Marriage place: Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada
Julie DUBÉ dite DELORME was the child of Charles DUBÉ dit DELORME and Apolline COUTU

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Emery BREAU (BRAULT) married

Julie CHARPENTIER
Marriage date: 17 May 1842
Marriage place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
Julie CHARPENTIER was the child of Michel CHARPENTIER and Angélique NADEAU

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Emery BREAU (BRAULT) married

Henriette BOURGAULT dite LACROIX
Marriage date: 12 October 1868
Marriage place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada
Henriette BOURGAULT dite LACROIX was the child of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marie-Judith DAIGLE

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Birth — 1817
6 June 1817
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Emery BREAU (BRAULT) and Julie DUBÉ dite DELORME 11 February 1839, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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 / Partner
Emery BREAU (BRAULT) and Julie CHARPENTIER 17 May 1842, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

He was 24 years old.

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

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Marriage / Partner
Emery BREAU (BRAULT) and Henriette BOURGAULT dite LACROIX 12 October 1868, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

He was 51 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada