Isidore BELLEAU

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4 February 1810 , Québec, Lower Canada

Died

19 September 1884 , Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada

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Gabriel BELLEAU Marie HAMEL

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Born: 4 February 1810 in Québec, Lower Canada

Father: Gabriel BELLEAU

Mother: Marie HAMEL

Paternal grandparents: Noel BELLEAU , Marie-Felicite ROUTIER (ROUTHIER)

Maternal grandparents: René HAMEL , Marie-Louise SEDILOT

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Isidore married Marcelline GINGRAS 9 July 1839 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marcelline GINGRAS was born abt. 1817 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marcelline died 15 January 1891 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Marcelline was the child of Augustin GINGRAS and Gertrude FISET.

Isidore BELLEAU died 19 September 1884 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada .
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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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Isidore BELLEAU married

Marcelline GINGRAS
Marriage date: 9 July 1839
Marriage place: Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada
Marcelline GINGRAS was the child of Augustin GINGRAS and Gertrude FISET

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Children of Isidore BELLEAU and Marcelline GINGRAS

Narcisse-Simeon BELLEAU

Born: 9 January 1848, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Caroline GAUVIN 14 November 1887 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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Birth — 1810
4 February 1810
Québec, Lower Canada

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

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
Isidore BELLEAU and Marcelline GINGRAS 9 July 1839, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

He was 29 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

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)

1848 Birth of Child
Narcisse-Simeon BELLEAU was born 9 January 1848, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Isidore was 37 years old.

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.