Charlotte LAFRANCE

(b. 2 May 1786 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 June 1872 , Ste-Julie, Verchères, Quebec, Canada )

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Charlotte LAFRANCE was born 2 May 1786 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Charlotte LAFRANCE was the child of Jacques LAFRANCE dit DUBOIS and Charlotte GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE and Marguerite HUARD (maternal) Augustin GAUTHIER and Isabelle-Elisabeth LEDOUX

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

Charlotte married Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS 24 January 1803 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 14 February 1775 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Pierre was the child of Louis ROY and Suzanne DEROME.

Charlotte LAFRANCE died 22 June 1872 in Ste-Julie, Verchères, Quebec, 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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Family and Children of Charlotte LAFRANCE

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Charlotte LAFRANCE married

Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS-- Date: 24 January 1803 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Louis ROY and Suzanne DEROME

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Children of Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Charlotte LAFRANCE:

Louis DESJARDINS (b.22 April 1820, Varennes, Lower Canada d. 27 May 1875, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Domithilde BEAUCHEMIN dite PETIT 4 October 1847 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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1786 Birth
2 May 1786
Varennes, 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)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte LAFRANCE and Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS 24 January 1803, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 16 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

1820 Birth of Child
Louis DESJARDINS was born 22 April 1820, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Charlotte was 33 years old.

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

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Louis DESJARDINS married 4 October 1847, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Domithilde BEAUCHEMIN dite PETIT

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

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.