Louis FAVREAU

Born

11 December 1805 , Chambly, Lower Canada

Died

1 December 1888 , Bedford, Québec, Canada

Louis married Agathe VIENS 1 February 1831 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Agathe VIENS was born abt. 1802 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . Agathe died 7 February 1890 in Bedford, Québec, Canada . Agathe was the child of Charles VIENS and Marguerite CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) .

Parents & Family of Louis FAVREAU

Parents of Louis FAVREAU

Father

Louis FAVREAU

Mother

Louise MARCIL

Grandparents of Louis FAVREAU

Paternal grandparents

François FAVREAU Geneviève AUBERTIN

Maternal grandparents

Nicolas MARCIL Isabelle MÉNARD

alternate place of birth - Quebec City

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis FAVREAU

Louis FAVREAU married

Agathe VIENS
Marriage date: 1 February 1831
Marriage place: Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Agathe VIENS was the child of Charles VIENS and Marguerite CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX)

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Louis FAVREAU and Agathe VIENS

Marie-Mathilde FAVREAU

Born: abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexandre BELISLE 2 February 1852 Place: Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1805
11 December 1805
Chambly, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Louis FAVREAU and Agathe VIENS 1 February 1831, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

He was 25 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

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Marriage of Child
Marie-Mathilde FAVREAU married 2 February 1852, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Canada East to Alexandre BELISLE

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.