Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT)

Born

15 March 1794 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

19 August 1882 , Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Jean Baptiste BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT)Marie-Charlotte BROSSEAU

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Born: 15 March 1794 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT)

Mother: Marie-Charlotte BROSSEAU

Paternal grandparents: Alexis BRO (BRAULT) , Marguerite BARIAULT (BARIAUT)

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BROSSEAU , Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU)

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

Pierre married Marie-Sylvie DUQUET 31 MAY 1813 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie-Sylvie DUQUET was born 10 August 1791 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Sylvie died 14 March 1876 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien). Marie-Sylvie was the child of Andre DUQUET and Marie-Sylvie BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE).

Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) died 19 August 1882 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: farmer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Spouse & Children of Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT)

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Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) married

Marie-Sylvie DUQUET
Marriage date: 31 MAY 1813
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Sylvie DUQUET was the child of Andre DUQUET and Marie-Sylvie BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

Marriage notes:

La-Nativite, Laprairie, PQ

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Children of Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) and Marie-Sylvie DUQUET

Claire BREAULT (BRAULT)

Born: 24 January 1814, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 2 April 1882, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre FREGEAU 17 September 1832 Place: Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Laurent (Loren) Joseph BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT)

Born: 29 January 1816, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 14 June 1897, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Margaret (Marguerite) LANOUE (LANOUX) 8 May 1838 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Jean-Baptiste BREAULT (BRAULT)

Born: 30 July 1818, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 February 1898, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Married: Julie KEROUACK 20 January 1840 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT)

Born: 14 May 1821, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 24 December 1872, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie-Anastasie LAROCQUE 27 September 1842 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Salomon BREAULT (BRAULT)

Born: 2 June 1822, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1885, Hickory Grove township, Benton, Indiana, USA

Married: Felicite PONTON dite ST-GERMAIN 13 October 1846 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Married: Leonore LAGUE 11 March 1855 Place: , Illinois, USA

Leon BREAULT (BRAULT)

Born: 22 November 1823, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT)

Born: 24 December 1824, Henryville, Lower Canada
Died: 30 June 1879, Aurora, Kansas, USA

Married: Emilie GIRARD 13 October 1845 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Married: Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE 1 August 1854 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

David BREAULT (BRAULT)

Born: 31 May 1829, Henryville, Lower Canada
Died: 28 February 1909, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Aurelie BONNEAU 19 November 1855 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Medard BREAULT (BRAULT)

Born: 22 August 1832, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 7 November 1904, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Married: Sophronie BRAULT 1 February 1853 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Theophile BREAULT (BRAULT)

Born: 9 February 1834, Henryville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1794
15 March 1794
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) - Baptism Saint-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie, LAcadie, Quebec

Baptism
Saint-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie, L'Acadie, Quebec

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) and Marie-Sylvie DUQUET 31 MAY 1813, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 19 years old.

Marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1814 Birth of Child
Claire BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 24 January 1814, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pierre was 19 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Laurent (Loren) Joseph BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) was born 29 January 1816, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pierre was 21 years old.

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 30 July 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pierre was 24 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 14 May 1821, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pierre was 27 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Salomon BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 2 June 1822, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Pierre was 28 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Leon BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 22 November 1823, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pierre was 29 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 24 December 1824, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Pierre was 30 years old.

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)

1829 Birth of Child
David BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 31 May 1829, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Pierre was 35 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 22 August 1832, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pierre was 38 years old.

1832 Marriage of Child
Claire BREAULT (BRAULT) married 17 September 1832, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury) to Pierre FREGEAU

1834 Birth of Child
Theophile BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 9 February 1834, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Pierre was 39 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

1838 Marriage of Child
Laurent (Loren) Joseph BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) married 8 May 1838, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Margaret (Marguerite) LANOUE (LANOUX)

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Saint-Georges-de-Henryville, Henryville, QC, Canada
Was witness to the marriage of his son - Jean Baptiste Breault and Marie Julie Kirouac. 20 Jan 1840
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1840 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BREAULT (BRAULT) married 20 January 1840, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Julie KEROUACK

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Saint-Georges-de-Henryville, Henryville, QC, Canada
Witness to marriage of son - Pierre Breault and Anastasie Laroque - 27 Sept 1842
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1842 Marriage of Child
Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) married 27 September 1842, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Marie-Anastasie LAROCQUE

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)

1845 Saint-Georges-de-Henryville, Henryville, QC, Canada
Was witness at the marriage of his son Gedeon Bro and Emilie Girard 13 OCT 1845
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1845 Marriage of Child
Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT) married 13 October 1845, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Emilie GIRARD

1846 Saint-Georges-de-Henryville, Henryville, QC, Canada
Was witness at the marriage of his son Salomon Brault and Felicite Ponton, 13 OCT 1846
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1846 Marriage of Child
Salomon BREAULT (BRAULT) married 13 October 1846, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Felicite PONTON dite ST-GERMAIN

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

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

1853 Saint-Georges-de-Henryville, Henryville, QC, Canada
Was witness at the marriage of his son - Medard Brault and Sophronie Brault 1 FEB 1853 in Henryville, Iberville, Quebec, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1853 Marriage of Child
Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) married 1 February 1853, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Sophronie BRAULT

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Saint-Georges-de-Henryville, Henryville, QC, Canada
Was witness at the marriage of his son Gedeon Brault and Celina Lesperance, 1 Aug 1854

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1854 Marriage of Child
Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT) married 1 August 1854, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE

1855 Marriage of Child
Salomon BREAULT (BRAULT) married 11 March 1855, , Illinois, USA to Leonore LAGUE

1855 Marriage of Child
David BREAULT (BRAULT) married 19 November 1855, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Aurelie BONNEAU

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 St Sébastien, Iberville, Quebec
Name: Pierre Breau
Gender: Male
Age: 78
Birth Year: abt 1793
Birth Place: Quebec
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Catholic
Origin: French
Province: Quebec
District: Iberville
District Number: 124
Division: 01
Subdistrict: St Sébastien
Subdistrict Number: g

Household Members:
Name Age
Pierre Breau 78
Marie Breau 79
1871 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1872 Death of Child
Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) died 24 December 1872, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA

Pierre was 78 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Sylvie DUQUET died 14 March 1876, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien)

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Death of Child
Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT) died 30 June 1879, Aurora, Kansas, USA

Pierre was 85 years old.

1881 St Sébastien, Iberville, Quebec
Name: Pierre Breau
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 88
Birth Year: 1793
Birthplace: Quebec
Religion: Catholic
Nationality: Française (French)
Province: Quebec
District Number: 64
District: Iberville
Sub-District Number: E
Subdistrict: St Sébastien
Household Members:
Name Age
Gedeon Fregeau 37
Melanie Fregeau 34
Delinna Frégeau 15
Oliva Fregeau 13
Olivina Fregeau 11
Arthur Fregeau 9
Xavier Fregeau 7
Vincent Fregeau 5
Elizabeth Fregeau 3
Dosithee Fregeau 1/ 2
Claire Breau 65
Pierre Breau 88
1881 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History