Gedeon BREAULT

Born

25 July 1787 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

13 February 1866 , Napierville, Canada East

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

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Gedeon BREAULT was born 25 July 1787 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Gedeon BREAULT was the child of Jean Baptiste BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT) and Marie-Charlotte BROSSEAU

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis BRO (BRAULT) and Marguerite BARIAULT (BARIAUT) (maternal) Pierre BROSSEAU and Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU)

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Gedeon married Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU 1 August 1808 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU was born abt. 1788 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Felicite died 7 September 1862 in Notre Dame de Stanbridge, Missisquoi, Québec, Canada. Marie-Felicite was the child of André JORDAN (JOURDAIN) and Ludivine RICHARD.

Gedeon BREAULT died 13 February 1866 in Napierville, 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
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Gedeon BREAULT married

Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU-- Date: 1 August 1808 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU was the child of André JORDAN (JOURDAIN) and Ludivine RICHARD

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Children of Gedeon BREAULT and Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU

Edouard BRO (BRAULT) (b.4 January 1809, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 27 September 1854, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East )
m. Catherine GUERIN 14 February 1831 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Gedeon (Jed) BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) (b.20 February 1811, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 1 November 1856, Middlebury, Vermont, USA )
m. Mary Angelica (Marie Angelique) CUSHMAN (COURCHESNE) 19 November 1833 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Narcisse Gedeon BREAULT (BRO) (b.April 1813, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 22 May 1865, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA)
m. Archange BROSSEAU 31 January 1831 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Cloi BRO (b.9 March 1813, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , )

Marguerite BRO (b.29 March 1815, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 30 March 1815, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

Domithilde BREAULT (BRO) (BRAULT) (b.23 November 1818, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 1 May 1866, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Canada East )
m. Jean-Baptiste THIBODEAU 27 February 1843 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Mathilde BRO (b.22 November 1818, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , )

Emelie BREAULT (BRO) (b.17 May 1823, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Exuvie-Ludger HEBERT 3 November 1847 in Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Moise BRO (b.abt. 1824, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , )

Paschal BRO (b.19 July 1827, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , )

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1787 Birth
25 July 1787
L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Baptism

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

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1808 Marriage / Partner
Gedeon BREAULT and Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU 1 August 1808, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 21 years old.

1808 marriage

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1809 Birth of Child
Edouard BRO (BRAULT) was born 4 January 1809, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Gedeon was 21 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Gedeon (Jed) BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) was born 20 February 1811, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Gedeon was 23 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Cloi BRO was born 9 March 1813, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Gedeon was 25 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Narcisse Gedeon BREAULT (BRO) was born April 1813, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Gedeon was 25 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Marguerite BRO was born 29 March 1815, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Gedeon was 27 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
Marie-Mathilde BRO was born 22 November 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Gedeon was 31 years old.

1818 Birth of Child
Domithilde BREAULT (BRO) (BRAULT) was born 23 November 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Gedeon was 31 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Emelie BREAULT (BRO) was born 17 May 1823, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Gedeon was 35 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)

1827 Birth of Child
Paschal BRO was born 19 July 1827, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Gedeon was 40 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Narcisse Gedeon BREAULT (BRO) married 31 January 1831, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Archange BROSSEAU

1831 Marriage of Child
Edouard BRO (BRAULT) married 14 February 1831, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Catherine GUERIN

1833 Marriage of Child
Gedeon (Jed) BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) married 19 November 1833, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Mary Angelica (Marie Angelique) CUSHMAN (COURCHESNE)

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Domithilde BREAULT (BRO) (BRAULT) married 27 February 1843, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Jean-Baptiste THIBODEAU

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Marriage of Child
Emelie BREAULT (BRO) married 3 November 1847, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Exuvie-Ludger HEBERT

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.

1854 Death of Child
Edouard BRO (BRAULT) died 27 September 1854, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Gedeon was 67 years old.

1856 Death of Child
Gedeon (Jed) BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) died 1 November 1856, Middlebury, Vermont, USA (East Middlebury) (Farmingdale)

Gedeon was 69 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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU died 7 September 1862, Notre Dame de Stanbridge, Missisquoi, Québec, Canada

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Death of Child
Narcisse Gedeon BREAULT (BRO) died 22 May 1865, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

Gedeon was 77 years old.

1866 Death
Name: Gedeon Breault
Event: Enterrement (Burial)
Burial Year: 1866
Burial Location: Napierville, Québec (Quebec)
Place of Worship or Institution: St-Cyprien

Ancestry.com. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783