Claire BREAULT (BRAULT)

Born

24 January 1814 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

2 April 1882 , Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Claire married Pierre FREGEAU 17 September 1832 in Iberville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Pierre FREGEAU was born 21 July 1799 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Pierre died 24 January 1850 in Henryville, Canada East . Pierre was the child of Pierre-Noel FREGEAU dit LA PLANCHE and Marie-Agnès LAVOIE .

Parents & Family of Claire BREAULT (BRAULT)

Parents of Claire BREAULT (BRAULT)

Father

Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT)

Mother

Marie-Sylvie DUQUET

Grandparents of Claire BREAULT (BRAULT)

Paternal grandparents

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

Maternal grandparents

Andre DUQUET Marie-Sylvie BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Claire BREAULT (BRAULT)

Claire BREAULT (BRAULT) married

Pierre FREGEAU
Marriage date: 17 September 1832
Marriage place: Iberville, Lower Canada
Pierre FREGEAU was the child of Pierre-Noel FREGEAU dit LA PLANCHE and Marie-Agnès LAVOIE

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

Children of Pierre FREGEAU and Claire BREAULT (BRAULT)

Marie-Célina FREGEAU

Born: 9 September 1834, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: 20 June 1835, Henryville, Lower Canada

Éléonore FREGEAU

Born: abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 16 February 1876, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste FREGEAU

Born: 25 March 1836, Henryville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Célina FREGEAU

Born: 2 February 1838, Henryville, Lower Canada
Died: 22 February 1917, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

David FREGEAU

Born: 9 December 1839, Henryville, Lower Canada
Died: 10 April 1926, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Clothilde LAFOND 9 January 1865 Place: Henryville, Canada East

Julie FREGEAU

Born: 28 July 1842, Henryville, Canada East
Died: ,

Gédéon FREGEAU

Born: 9 February 1844, Henryville, Canada East
Died: 9 October 1939, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Émérence FREGEAU

Born: abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 5 April 1887, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Elizabeth FREGEAU

Born: 14 April 1850, Henryville, Canada East
Died: 10 February 1923, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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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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Baptism

Baptism found in Drouin Collection at Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie, L'Acadie, QC, Canada - godparents: Pierre Hebert and Appoline Bro

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

Birth — 1814
24 January 1814
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Claire BREAULT (BRAULT) - Name: Claire Bro Event: Baptême (Baptism) Baptism Year: 1814 Baptism Location: L`Acadie, Québec (Quebec) Place of Worship or Institution: Ste-Marg

Name: Claire Bro
Event: Baptême (Baptism)
Baptism Year: 1814
Baptism Location: L`Acadie, Québec (Quebec)
Place of Worship or Institution: Ste-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie

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

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Claire BREAULT (BRAULT) and Pierre FREGEAU 17 September 1832, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

She was 18 years old.

Claire BREAULT (BRAULT) - Name: P Forgeau [Pierre Fregeau] Spouse: C Breau [Claire Breau] Event: Mariage (Marriage) Marriage Year: 1832 Marriage Location: Iberville, Qu

Name: P Forgeau
[Pierre Fregeau]
Spouse: C Breau
[Claire Breau]
Event: Mariage (Marriage)
Marriage Year: 1832
Marriage Location: Iberville, Québec (Quebec)
Place of Worship or Institution: St-Athanase-de-Bleury

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

1834 Birth of Child
Marie-Célina FREGEAU was born 9 September 1834, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Claire was 20 years old.

1835 Death of Child
Marie-Célina FREGEAU died 20 June 1835, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Claire was 21 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FREGEAU was born 25 March 1836, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Claire was 22 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 Birth of Child
Célina FREGEAU was born 2 February 1838, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Claire was 24 years old.

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

1839 Birth of Child
David FREGEAU was born 9 December 1839, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Claire was 25 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Julie FREGEAU was born 28 July 1842, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Claire was 28 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Gédéon FREGEAU was born 9 February 1844, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Claire was 30 years old.

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)

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre FREGEAU died 24 January 1850, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

1850 Birth of Child
Elizabeth FREGEAU was born 14 April 1850, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Claire was 36 years old.

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

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
David FREGEAU married 9 January 1865, Henryville, Canada East to Marie-Clothilde LAFOND

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.

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

1876 Death of Child
Éléonore FREGEAU died 16 February 1876, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien)

Claire was 62 years old.

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

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 Sébastien, Iberville, Quebec

Name: Claire Breau
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 65
Birth Year: 1816
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

Source / record details
1881 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History