Éléonore ÉTHIER

(b. 15 March 1821 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. 9 January 1904 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada )

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Éléonore ÉTHIER was born 15 March 1821 in Lachenaie, Lower Canada

Éléonore ÉTHIER was the child of Pierre ÉTHIER and Adelaide SÉVIGNY and the grandchild of: (paternal) François ÉTHIER and Marguerite BEAUDOIN (maternal) Eustache SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Angélique-Monique ARCHAMBAULT

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

Éléonore married Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU 21 February 1843 in Varennes, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU was born 15 January 1818 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Henri-Norbert died 16 August 1883 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada. Henri-Norbert was the child of Henri MARTINEAU and Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS.

Éléonore ÉTHIER died 9 January 1904 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, 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 Éléonore ÉTHIER

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Éléonore ÉTHIER married

Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU-- Date: 21 February 1843 Place: Varennes, Canada East
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Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU was the child of Henri MARTINEAU and Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS

Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, Varennes, QC, Canada

NOTE: Eleanor got married on the same day and place as her sister, Adelaide.

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Children of Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU and Éléonore ÉTHIER:

Vitaline MARTINEAU (b.19 February 1845, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Montcalm, Canada East d. 9 December 1931, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada)

Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU (b.15 June 1852, L'Assomption, Canada East d. , )

Josephine MARTINEAU (b.abt. 1855, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 March 1908, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada )

Joseph MARTINEAU (b.abt. 1855, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1871, )

Marguerite MARTINEAU (b.abt. 1860, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1821 Birth
15 March 1821
Lachenaie, Lower Canada

1821 Baptism

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

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

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 / Partner
Éléonore ÉTHIER and Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU 21 February 1843, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 21 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Vitaline MARTINEAU was born 19 February 1845, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Montcalm, Québec, Canada (Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaie)

Éléonore was 23 years old.

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

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

1852 Birth of Child
Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU was born 15 June 1852, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Éléonore was 31 years old.

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)

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 Esprit, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
Name: Eléonore Martineau
Gender: Female
Age: 51
Birth Year (Estimated): 1820
Birthplace: Q
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Francaise
Religion: Catholique
Event Place: 01, St-Esprit d, Montcalm 101, Quebec
Page Number: 29
Line Number: 14
House Number: 106
Family Number: 123
GS Film number: 2230997
Affiliate Film Number: C-10035
Digital Folder Number: 4395574
Image Number: 566
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Eléonore Martineau F 51 Q
Joseph Martineau M 16 Q
1871 Canadian Census
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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 - 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)

1883 Death of Spouse/Partner
Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU died 16 August 1883, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

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 St Esprit, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
Name: Eleonore Martineau
Gender: Female
Age: 71
Birth Year (Estimated): 1820
Birthplace: Quebec
Marital Status: Widowed
Religion: Roman Catholic
Province: Quebec
District: Montcalm
District Number: 169
Sub-District: St Esprit
Affiliate Film Number: 30953_148206
1891 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

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)

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

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)

1904 Death
9 January 1904
Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 82.

Added: 5/6/2010 10:27:10 AM - Updated: 7/11/2025 6:10:11 PM