Louis BRASSEUR

(b. 22 March 1809 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada d. 9 July 1868 , Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada )

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Louis BRASSEUR was born 22 March 1809 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada

Louis BRASSEUR was the child of Michel BRASSEUR and Amable SABOURIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BRASSEUR dit DUHAMEL and Angélique JEROME dite LATOUR (maternal) Louis SABOURIN and Josephte DUBOIS

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

Louis married Angélique POIRIER 6 February 1832 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Angélique POIRIER was born 28 August 1811 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Angélique was the child of Pierre POIRIER and Angélique BRUNET.

Louis BRASSEUR died 9 July 1868 in Vaudreuil, 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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Family and Children of Louis BRASSEUR

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Louis BRASSEUR married

Angélique POIRIER-- Date: 6 February 1832 Place: Vaudreuil, Lower Canada
Angélique POIRIER was the child of Pierre POIRIER and Angélique BRUNET

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Children of Louis BRASSEUR and Angélique POIRIER:

Angélique BRASSEUR (b.30 November 1832, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada d. , )

Andre BRASSEUR (b.28 November 1835, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada d. 30 November 1886, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada )

Rose BRASSEUR (b.9 December 1840, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada d. , )

Reine BRASSEUR (b.12 March 1843, Vaudreuil, Canada East d. 14 May 1916, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada )

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1809 Birth
22 March 1809
Vaudreuil, 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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Louis BRASSEUR and Angélique POIRIER 6 February 1832, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

He was 22 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Angélique BRASSEUR was born 30 November 1832, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Louis was 23 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Andre BRASSEUR was born 28 November 1835, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Louis was 26 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Rose BRASSEUR was born 9 December 1840, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Louis was 31 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Reine BRASSEUR was born 12 March 1843, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Louis was 33 years old.

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.