Alexis MERLOT

(b. 16 March 1799 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada d. 22 April 1855 , Les Cèdres, Canada East )

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Alexis MERLOT was born 16 March 1799 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

Alexis MERLOT was the child of François MERLOT and Catherine ROUSSEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph MERLOT and Marie-Reine PILON (maternal) Pierre ROUSSEL and Marie-Angélique BÉRIAU (BERIAULT)

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

Alexis married Josephte LEVAC 17 April 1820 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LEVAC was born 24 May 1797 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Josephte was the child of Joachim LEVAC and Elisabeth SAUVÉ.

Alexis MERLOT died 22 April 1855 in Les Cèdres, Canada East .
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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 Alexis MERLOT

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Alexis MERLOT married

Josephte LEVAC-- Date: 17 April 1820 Place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Josephte LEVAC was the child of Joachim LEVAC and Elisabeth SAUVÉ

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Children of Alexis MERLOT and Josephte LEVAC:

François MERLEAU (MERLOT) (b.31 January 1821, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Rose POIRIER 11 January 1842 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

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1799 Birth
16 March 1799
Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Alexis MERLOT and Josephte LEVAC 17 April 1820, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 21 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
François MERLEAU (MERLOT) was born 31 January 1821, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Alexis was 21 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)

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

1842 Marriage of Child
François MERLEAU (MERLOT) married 11 January 1842, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion) to Rose POIRIER