Amable CHOQUET

Born

12 March 1804 , Varennes, Lower Canada

Died

25 April 1900 , Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada

Amable married Sophie BORDUAS 5 April 1828 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie BORDUAS was born 2 March 1804 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Sophie died 2 March 1850 in Marieville, Rouville, Canada East . Sophie was the child of Jean-Baptiste BORDUAS and Marie GEOFFRION dite ST-JEAN .

Parents & Family of Amable CHOQUET

Parents of Amable CHOQUET

Father

Jean-Baptiste CHOQUET

Mother

Rosalie PETIT

Grandparents of Amable CHOQUET

Paternal grandparents

Jacques CHOQUET dit CHAMPAGNE Marie-Josette BENARD

Maternal grandparents

François PETIT Rosalie LUSSIER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Amable CHOQUET

Amable CHOQUET married

Sophie BORDUAS
Marriage date: 5 April 1828
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Sophie BORDUAS was the child of Jean-Baptiste BORDUAS and Marie GEOFFRION dite ST-JEAN

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

Children of Amable CHOQUET and Sophie BORDUAS

Cordule CHOQUET (CHOQUETTE)

Born: abt. 1838, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Samuel PARENT 15 February 1859 Place: Marieville, Rouville, 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 — 1804
12 March 1804
Varennes, Lower Canada

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Amable CHOQUET and Sophie BORDUAS 5 April 1828, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 24 years old.

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)

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

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sophie BORDUAS died 2 March 1850, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Cordule CHOQUET (CHOQUETTE) married 15 February 1859, Marieville, Rouville, Canada East to Samuel PARENT

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.