Michel TARTE

Born

15 September 1794 , Verchères, Lower Canada

Died

5 March 1868 , Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

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Antoine LETARTRE (LETARTE)Ursule VEGIARD dite LABONTÉ

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Born: 15 September 1794 in Verchères, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine LETARTRE (LETARTE)

Mother: Ursule VEGIARD dite LABONTÉ

Paternal grandparents: Charles LETARTRE (LETARTE) , Louise DUPONT

Maternal grandparents: Antoine VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ , Madeleine-Marie PRECOURT dite VANASSE

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Michel married Celeste-Edesse GUY 5 October 1818 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Celeste-Edesse GUY was born 31 August 1800 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . Celeste-Edesse was the child of Germain GUY and Josephte PAYANT dite ST-ONGE.

Michel TARTE died 5 March 1868 in Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada.
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Michel TARTE married

Celeste-Edesse GUY
Marriage date: 5 October 1818
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Celeste-Edesse GUY was the child of Germain GUY and Josephte PAYANT dite ST-ONGE

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Children of Michel TARTE and Celeste-Edesse GUY

Marie-Celeste TARTE

Born: 10 July 1833, Saint-Pie, Lower Canada
Died: 14 April 1872, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph MARCOUX dit ST-ONGE 11 February 1850 Place: Saint-Pie, Canada East

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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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Birth — 1794
15 September 1794
Verchères, Lower Canada

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 Marriage / Partner
Michel TARTE and Celeste-Edesse GUY 5 October 1818, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 24 years old.

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

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Celeste TARTE was born 10 July 1833, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Michel was 38 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

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Marie-Celeste TARTE married 11 February 1850, Saint-Pie, Canada East to Joseph MARCOUX dit ST-ONGE

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)

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.