Henriette CHAMARD

(b. 17 July 1800 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 16 September 1881 , St-Moise, Matapédia, Canada )

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Henriette CHAMARD was born 17 July 1800 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Henriette CHAMARD was the child of Joseph? CHAMARD and Josephte DANCOSSE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph DANCOSSE and Marie-Josephte MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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

Henriette married Prudent GENDRON 23 January 1821 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Prudent GENDRON was born 7 April 1795 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Prudent died 7 March 1879 in Bai-des-Sables, Canada. Prudent was the child of Pierre-Noel GENDRON and Euphronsine ST-LAURENT.

Henriette CHAMARD died 16 September 1881 in St-Moise, Matapédia, Canada.

daughter of Joseph Chamard? and Marie Josephe Dancosse
mother is married to Francois Ouellet at the time of baptism
child appears to be born to one man while mother was married to another

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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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Henriette CHAMARD married

Prudent GENDRON-- Date: 23 January 1821 Place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
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Prudent GENDRON was the child of Pierre-Noel GENDRON and Euphronsine ST-LAURENT

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Children of Prudent GENDRON and Henriette CHAMARD:

Germain GENDRON (b.9 October 1826, Rimouski, Lower Canada d. 27 July 1910, Val-Brillant, Cté Matapédia, Quebec, Canada)
m. Catherine DRAPEAU 9 January 1849 in Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

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1800 Birth
17 July 1800
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Baptism

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Henriette CHAMARD and Prudent GENDRON 23 January 1821, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

She was 20 years old.

1821 marriage

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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)

1826 Birth of Child
Germain GENDRON was born 9 October 1826, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Henriette was 26 years old.

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)

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Germain GENDRON married 9 January 1849, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer) to Catherine DRAPEAU

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.