Charlotte LAFRANCE

Born

2 May 1786 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

22 June 1872 , Ste-Julie, Verchères, Quebec, Canada

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, Province of Québec, Canada* . Pierre was the child of Louis ROY and Suzanne DEROME .

Parents & Family of Charlotte LAFRANCE

Parents of Charlotte LAFRANCE

Father

Jacques LAFRANCE dit DUBOIS

Mother

Charlotte GAUTHIER

Grandparents of Charlotte LAFRANCE

Paternal grandparents

Nicolas DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE Marguerite HUARD

Maternal grandparents

Augustin GAUTHIER Isabelle-Elisabeth LEDOUX

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charlotte LAFRANCE

Charlotte LAFRANCE married

Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS
Marriage date: 24 January 1803
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Louis ROY and Suzanne DEROME

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Charlotte LAFRANCE

Louis DESJARDINS

Born: 22 April 1820, Varennes, Lower Canada
Died: 27 May 1875, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Domithilde BEAUCHEMIN dite PETIT 4 October 1847 Place: Beloeil, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1786
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, Canada East 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.