Octave ÉTHIER

Born

3 June 1825 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada

Died

12 May 1894 , Repentigny, Québec, Canada

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Pierre ÉTHIER Adelaide SÉVIGNY

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Born: 3 June 1825 in Lachenaie, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre ÉTHIER

Mother: Adelaide SÉVIGNY

Paternal grandparents: François ÉTHIER , Marguerite BEAUDOIN

Maternal grandparents: Eustache SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR , Marie-Angélique-Monique ARCHAMBAULT

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

Octave married Rosalie RICHARD 26 August 1851 in L'Assomption, Canada East . Rosalie RICHARD was born 28 June 1830 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Rosalie was the child of Alexis RICHARD and Marie-Charlotte VENNE.

Octave ÉTHIER died 12 May 1894 in Repentigny, Québec, 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.

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Octave ÉTHIER married

Rosalie RICHARD
Marriage date: 26 August 1851
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Rosalie RICHARD was the child of Alexis RICHARD and Marie-Charlotte VENNE

Marriage notes:

Octave Etier, son of Pierre Etier (deceased?) and Ade Sevigny of this parish

Rosalie Richard, daughter of Alexis Richard (deceased) and Marie Veine (deceased)

Witnesses: Olivier Morin, Joseph Etier (brother of groom), Benjamin Drolet and Virginie Drolet (friends)

26 August 1851

L'Assomption, Quebec

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Birth — 1825
3 June 1825
Lachenaie, Lower Canada

1825 Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

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

1851 Marriage / Partner
Octave ÉTHIER and Rosalie RICHARD 26 August 1851, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 26 years old.

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.