Jean-Baptiste
BREAU (BRAULT)
Born
8 September 1778
,
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died
13 May 1852
,
Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
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Born: 8 September 1778 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Father:
Jean Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT)
Mother:
Brigitte LAVIOLETTE
Paternal grandparents:
Armand BREAU (BRAULT)
, Marie Madeleine LEBLANC
Maternal grandparents:
Pierre JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE
, Brigitte FORTIER
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte RICHARD 3 June 1799 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 16 children.
Marie-Josephte RICHARD was born 7 May 1781 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 11 January 1864 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska). Marie-Josephte was the child of Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD and Marie-Catherine PHANEUF.
Jean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT) died 13 May 1852 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Jean-Baptiste appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Spouse & Children of Jean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT)
Jean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT) married 
Marie-Josephte RICHARD
Marriage date: 3 June 1799
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marie-Josephte RICHARD was the child of Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD and Marie-Catherine PHANEUF
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Marie-Josephte RICHARDMarriage date: 3 June 1799
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marie-Josephte RICHARD was the child of Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD and Marie-Catherine PHANEUF
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Jean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT) and Marie-Josephte RICHARD
Marie-Josephte BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 3 August 1799, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 27 July 1897, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 27 July 1897, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Married: Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS 12 October 1818 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie Rose (Rosalie) BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 16 May 1801, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 6 April 1824, Saint-Jude, Lower Canada
Died: 6 April 1824, Saint-Jude, Lower Canada
Married: Christophe LUSSIER 1 February 1819 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Catherine BREAUBorn: 22 September 1802, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 29 August 1804, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 29 August 1804, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Madeleine BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 22 June 1804, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 11 August 1804, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 11 August 1804, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie "Elisabelle" BRAULTBorn: 16 March 1805, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,
Died: ,
Marie-Judith BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 3 April 1806, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 1 July 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 1 July 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie-Geneviève BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 17 August 1807, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 28 December 1841,
Died: 28 December 1841,
Married: Joseph JANSON 7 October 1828 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 3 November 1808, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 7 September 1813, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 7 September 1813, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie-Madeleine BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 20 December 1810, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 9 November 1851, Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East
Died: 9 November 1851, Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East
Joseph BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 18 August 1812, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 16 July 1893, Putnam, Connecticut, USA
Died: 16 July 1893, Putnam, Connecticut, USA
Married: Marguerite L'HEUREUX 13 October 1834 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)
Married: Euphrasine DECELLES 23 November 1847 Place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)
Jean (Baptiste) BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 5 May 1815, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 13 February 1890, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 13 February 1890, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Emery BREAU (BRAULT)Married: Julie DUBÉ dite DELORME 11 February 1839 Place: Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada
Married: Julie CHARPENTIER 17 May 1842 Place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)
Married: Henriette BOURGAULT dite LACROIX 12 October 1868 Place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)
Marie-Marthe BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 27 March 1819, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 14 May 1861, Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East
Died: 14 May 1861, Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East
Married: Jerome MOREL 4 October 1836 Place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)
Sophie BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 20 November 1820, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 21 August 1838, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Lower Canada
Died: 21 August 1838, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Lower Canada
Julie BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 20 November 1822, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 8 March 1823, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 8 March 1823, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT)Born: 13 March 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 27 March 1901, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Died: 27 March 1901, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Married: Marie-Josephe POITRAS 30 April 1849 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Married: Philomene DUMONTET dite LAGRANDEUR 14 June 1858 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
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Birth — 17788 September 1778
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1799 Marriage / PartnerJean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT) and Marie-Josephte RICHARD 3 June 1799, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
He was 20 years old.
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1799 marriage
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1799 Birth of ChildMarie-Josephte BREAU (BRAULT) was born 3 August 1799, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 20 years old.
1801 Birth of ChildMarie Rose (Rosalie) BREAU (BRAULT) was born 16 May 1801, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 22 years old.
1802 Birth of ChildMarie-Catherine BREAU was born 22 September 1802, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 24 years old.
1804 Birth of ChildMadeleine BREAU (BRAULT) was born 22 June 1804, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.
1804 Death of ChildMarie-Catherine BREAU died 29 August 1804, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.
1805 Birth of ChildMarie "Elisabelle" BRAULT was born 16 March 1805, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.
1806 Birth of ChildMarie-Judith BREAU (BRAULT) was born 3 April 1806, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.
1807 Birth of ChildMarie-Geneviève BREAU (BRAULT) was born 17 August 1807, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.
1808 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT) was born 3 November 1808, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.
1810 Birth of ChildMarie-Madeleine BREAU (BRAULT) was born 20 December 1810, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.
1812 Birth of ChildJoseph BREAU (BRAULT) was born 18 August 1812, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.
1813 Death of ChildJean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT) died 7 September 1813, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.
1815 Birth of ChildJean (Baptiste) BREAU (BRAULT) was born 5 May 1815, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.
1817 Birth of ChildEmery BREAU (BRAULT) was born 6 June 1817, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.
1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.1818 Marriage of ChildMarie-Josephte BREAU (BRAULT) married 12 October 1818, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS
1819 Marriage of ChildMarie Rose (Rosalie) BREAU (BRAULT) married 1 February 1819, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Christophe LUSSIER
1819 Birth of ChildMarie-Marthe BREAU (BRAULT) was born 27 March 1819, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 40 years old.
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1820 Birth of ChildSophie BREAU (BRAULT) was born 20 November 1820, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.
1822 Birth of ChildJulie BREAU (BRAULT) was born 20 November 1822, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 44 years old.
1823 Death of ChildJulie BREAU (BRAULT) died 8 March 1823, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 44 years old.
1824 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT) was born 13 March 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.
1824 Death of ChildMarie Rose (Rosalie) BREAU (BRAULT) died 6 April 1824, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.
1824 Death of ChildMarie-Judith BREAU (BRAULT) died 1 July 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.
1828 Marriage of ChildMarie-Geneviève BREAU (BRAULT) married 7 October 1828, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Joseph JANSON
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1834 Marriage of ChildJoseph BREAU (BRAULT) married 13 October 1834, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Marguerite L'HEUREUX
1836 Marriage of ChildMarie-Marthe BREAU (BRAULT) married 4 October 1836, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska) to Jerome MOREL
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1838 Death of ChildSophie BREAU (BRAULT) died 21 August 1838, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)
Jean-Baptiste was 59 years old.
1839 Marriage of ChildEmery BREAU (BRAULT) married 11 February 1839, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada to Julie DUBÉ dite DELORME
1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada1842 Marriage of ChildEmery BREAU (BRAULT) married 17 May 1842, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska) to Julie CHARPENTIER
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)
1847 Marriage of ChildJoseph BREAU (BRAULT) married 23 November 1847, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska) to Euphrasine DECELLES
1849 Marriage of ChildJean-Baptiste BREAU (BRAULT) married 30 April 1849, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie-Josephe POITRAS
1851 Death of ChildMarie-Madeleine BREAU (BRAULT) died 9 November 1851, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 73 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.Death — 185313 May 1852
Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
He died at the age of 73.
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