Toussaint CHARBONNEAU

Born

28 October 1789 , Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

6 September 1854 , Québec Province, Canada

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Joseph CHARBONNEAU Marie-Angelique TAILLON

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Born: 28 October 1789 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph CHARBONNEAU

Mother: Marie-Angelique TAILLON

Paternal grandparents: Joseph CHARBONNEAU , Élizabeth VANDANDAIGUE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste MICHEL dit TAILLON , Agnes TRUDEAU

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Toussaint married Victoire THIBAULT dite LEVEILLE 18 May 1813 in Terrebonne, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victoire THIBAULT dite LEVEILLE was born 23 September 1793 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Victoire died 13 August 1880 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester). Victoire was the child of Louis-Amable THIBAULT dit LEVEILLE and Genevieve BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR.

Toussaint CHARBONNEAU died 6 September 1854 in Québec Province, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Toussaint CHARBONNEAU married

Victoire THIBAULT dite LEVEILLE
Marriage date: 18 May 1813
Marriage place: Terrebonne, Lower Canada
Victoire THIBAULT dite LEVEILLE was the child of Louis-Amable THIBAULT dit LEVEILLE and Genevieve BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR

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Children of Toussaint CHARBONNEAU and Victoire THIBAULT dite LEVEILLE

Pierre CHARBONNEAU

Born: 4 December 1834, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 22 February 1909, Lamoureux, Alberta, Canada

Married: Sophie POIRIER 21 February 1854 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

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Birth — 1789
28 October 1789
Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Toussaint CHARBONNEAU and Victoire THIBAULT dite LEVEILLE 18 May 1813, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

He was 23 years old.

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

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

1834 Birth of Child
Pierre CHARBONNEAU was born 4 December 1834, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Toussaint was 45 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)

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