Claire
RACETTE
Born
5 March 1798
,
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died
12 August 1865
,
L'Assomption, Canada East
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Claire RACETTE married Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE
Marriage date: 22 October 1822
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marie Helene AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNEMarriage date: 22 October 1822
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marie Helene AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Claire RACETTE
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Québec Place Names Through History
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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 — 17985 March 1798
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
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
1822 Marriage / PartnerClaire RACETTE and Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE 22 October 1822, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)
She was 24 years old.
1824 Birth of ChildJoseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 7 April 1824, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Claire was 26 years old.
1827 Death of Spouse/PartnerJean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE died 25 September 1827, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1846 Marriage of ChildJoseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE married 5 May 1846, L'Assomption, Canada East to Rose-Celima BLEAU
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.Death — 186512 August 1865
L'Assomption, Canada East
She died at the age of 67.
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