Medard BREAULT (BRAULT)

(b. 22 August 1832 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 7 November 1904 , Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

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Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 22 August 1832 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) was the child of Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) and Marie-Sylvie DUQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT) and Marie-Charlotte BROSSEAU (maternal) Andre DUQUET and Marie-Sylvie BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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

Medard married Sophronie BRAULT 1 February 1853 in Henryville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Sophronie BRAULT was born 11 September 1829 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester). Sophronie died 18 March 1906 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada. Sophronie was the child of Laurent BREAULT (BRAULT) and Phoebee (Phebe) RICHARD.

Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) died 7 November 1904 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, 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 Medard BREAULT (BRAULT)

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Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) married

Sophronie BRAULT-- Date: 1 February 1853 Place: Henryville, Canada East
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Sophronie BRAULT was the child of Laurent BREAULT (BRAULT) and Phoebee (Phebe) RICHARD

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Children of Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) and Sophronie BRAULT:

Salomon BRAULT (b.abt. 1854, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Canada East d. 15 June 1919, , United States )

Lucien BRAULT (b.24 February 1856, Henryville, Canada East d. 17 April 1898, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

Louis Philippe BREAULT (b.5 August 1859, Henryville, Canada East d. 5 April 1909, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)

Oliva (Oliver) BRAULT (b.15 November 1862, Henryville, Canada East d. 22 August 1937, St Albans, Vermont, USA)

Osilda-Exilda BRAULT (b.15 November 1862, Henryville, Canada East d. abt. 1934, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

Mélindé BRAULT (b.29 March 1866, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Canada East d. 18 February 1934, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada)

Orise BRAULT (b.11 February 1870, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada d. 19 December 1945, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA)

Felix BREAULT (b.7 November 1877, , Rhode Island, USA d. 6 July 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA)

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1832 Birth
22 August 1832
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) and Sophronie BRAULT 1 February 1853, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

He was 20 years old.

Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) - Name: Medard Brault Spouse: Stephanne Brault Event: Mariage (Marriage) Marriage Year: 1853 Marriage Location: Henryville, Québec (Quebec) Place o

Name: Medard Brault
Spouse: Stephanne Brault
Event: Mariage (Marriage)
Marriage Year: 1853
Marriage Location: Henryville, Québec (Quebec)
Place of Worship or Institution: St-George-de-Noyan

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

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

1856 Birth of Child
Lucien BRAULT was born 24 February 1856, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Medard was 23 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Louis Philippe BREAULT was born 5 August 1859, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Medard was 26 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Oliva (Oliver) BRAULT was born 15 November 1862, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Medard was 30 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Osilda-Exilda BRAULT was born 15 November 1862, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Medard was 30 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Mélindé BRAULT was born 29 March 1866, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien)

Medard was 33 years old.

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.

1870 Birth of Child
Orise BRAULT was born 11 February 1870, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien)

Medard was 37 years old.

1871 - St-Sebastien, Iberville, QC, Canada
Name: Médard Breault
Gender: Male
Age in years: 38
Estimated birth year: 1833
Birthplace: Q
Marital status: Married
Origin (Ancestry): Francaise
Religion: Catholique
Census place: 02, St-Sébastien g, Iberville 124, Quebec
Page: 37
Line number: 7
Dwelling: 89
Household id: 109
Film number: 2229032
Library and Archives Canada film number: C-10070
Digital GS number: 4395448
Image number: 414
Collection: Canada Census 1871

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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.

1877 Birth of Child
Felix BREAULT was born 7 November 1877, , Rhode Island, USA

Medard was 45 years old.

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)

1881 St-Sebastien, Iberrville, Quebec, Canada
name: Médard Breau
title:
gender: Male
age: 49y
calculated birth year: 1832
birthplace: Quebec
marital status: Married
occupation: Cultivateur
ethnic origin: French
religion: Catholique
head of household: Médard Breau
born during last year:
census place: St-Sébastien, Iberville, Quebec, Canada
district number: 64
sub district: E
division:
page number: 61
house number: 1049481
family number: 265
digital folder number: 4463998
image number: 00032
film number: 1375840
library and archives canada film number: C-13204
Household Gender Age
Médard Breau M 49y
Sophronie Breau F 51y
Salomon Breau M 27y
Lisa Breau F 24y
Philippe Breau M 22y
Marie Breau F 24y
Oliva Breau M 18y
Rosilda Breau F 18y
Mélinda Breau F 15y
Félix Breau M 13y
Orise Breau F 11y

1881 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1898 Death of Child
Lucien BRAULT died 17 April 1898, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien)

Medard was 65 years old.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 Saint-Sébastien, Quebec, Canada
Name: Médard Breault
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 68
Birth Day & Month: 22 Aug
Birth Year: 1832
Birthplace: Qc
Relation to Head of House: CHEF (Head)
Racial or Tribal Origin: Francaise (French)
Nationality: Canadien (Canadian)
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Rentier
Province: Quebec
District: Saint-jean & Iberville
District Number: 191
Sub-District: Saint-Sébastien
Sub-District Number: Q-2
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Household Members:
Name Age
Médard Breault 68
Sophronie Breault 71
Mélendé Breault 32
Exilda Breault 39
Marie R. Breault 15
1901 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)