Joseph DRAPEAU

Born

12 March 1787 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

29 May 1871 , Frenchville, Maine, USA

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Pierre DRAPEAU Josephte MARANDA

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Born: 12 March 1787 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre DRAPEAU

Mother: Josephte MARANDA

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DRAPEAU , Josephte HUARD

Maternal grandparents: Charles MARANDA , Marguerite FAGOT

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Joseph married Marguerite CHORET 18 January 1820 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite CHORET was born 30 October 1793 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Marguerite died 17 January 1864 in Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce). Marguerite was the child of Augustin CHORET and Josephte SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS.

Joseph DRAPEAU died 29 May 1871 in Frenchville, Maine, USA .

alternate death place Ste-Luce, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph DRAPEAU married

Marguerite CHORET
Marriage date: 18 January 1820
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Marguerite CHORET was the child of Augustin CHORET and Josephte SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

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St-Germain de Rimouski

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Children of Joseph DRAPEAU and Marguerite CHORET

Catherine DRAPEAU

Born: 26 October 1820, Rimouski, Lower Canada
Died: 3 May 1904, Val-Brillant, Cté Matapédia, Quebec, Canada

Married: Germain GENDRON 9 January 1849 Place: Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

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Birth — 1787
12 March 1787
Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1820 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DRAPEAU and Marguerite CHORET 18 January 1820, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 32 years old.

1820 Birth of Child
Catherine DRAPEAU was born 26 October 1820, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Joseph was 33 years old.

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Catherine DRAPEAU married 9 January 1849, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer) to Germain GENDRON

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

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