Charles ADAM

Born

2 January 1761 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada

Died

29 August 1830 , Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Pierre ADAM Veronique CHARRON

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Charles ADAM was born 2 January 1761 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada

Charles ADAM was the child of Pierre ADAM and Veronique CHARRON and the grandchild of: (maternal) Charles CHARRON and Elisabeth POUPART dite LAFLEUR

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Charles married Marie-Judith BOUVIER 23 January 1786 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Judith BOUVIER was born 1 October 1762 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Judith died 12 March 1823 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Judith was the child of François BOUVIER and Charlotte DUVAL.

Charles ADAM died 29 August 1830 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Charles ADAM married

Marie-Judith BOUVIER-- Date: 23 January 1786 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Judith BOUVIER was the child of François BOUVIER and Charlotte DUVAL

Children of Charles ADAM and Marie-Judith BOUVIER

Veronique ADAM (b.19 June 1797, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 14 June 1833, Beloeil, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie HAMEL 10 February 1823 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1761 Birth
2 January 1761
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Charles ADAM and Marie-Judith BOUVIER 23 January 1786, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 25 years old.

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

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

1797 Birth of Child
Veronique ADAM was born 19 June 1797, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Charles was 36 years old.

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

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

1823 Marriage of Child
Veronique ADAM married 10 February 1823, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Joseph-Marie HAMEL