Charlotte CHAGNON

Born

abt. 1775 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

25 August 1860 , Verchères, Canada East

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Antoine CHAGNON Charlotte ADAM

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Born: abt. 1775 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Antoine CHAGNON

Mother: Charlotte ADAM

Paternal grandparents: Antoine CHAGNON , Marie-Françoise PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE

Maternal grandparents: Ignace ADAM , Marie-Louise-Ursule LEFEBVRE

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Charlotte married François GOSSELIN 24 November 1794 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
François GOSSELIN was born 28 February 1773 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). François was the child of Gabriel GOSSELIN and Angélique COURSOL.

Charlotte CHAGNON died 25 August 1860 in Verchères, Canada East .
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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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Charlotte CHAGNON married

François GOSSELIN
Marriage date: 24 November 1794
Marriage place: Verchères, Lower Canada
François GOSSELIN was the child of Gabriel GOSSELIN and Angélique COURSOL

Children of François GOSSELIN and Charlotte CHAGNON

Emilie GOSSELIN

Born: 8 May 1807, Verchères, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis PRUNIER dit VADEBONCOEUR 22 February 1830 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Rosalie GOSSELIN

Born: 19 January 1818, Verchères, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Andre BELVAL 6 February 1837 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1794 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte CHAGNON and François GOSSELIN 24 November 1794, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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

1807 Birth of Child
Emilie GOSSELIN was born 8 May 1807, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Rosalie GOSSELIN was born 19 January 1818, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Marriage of Child
Emilie GOSSELIN married 22 February 1830, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Louis PRUNIER dit VADEBONCOEUR

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 Marriage of Child
Rosalie GOSSELIN married 6 February 1837, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Andre BELVAL

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.