Joseph FRECHETTE

(b. 8 June 1802 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada d. 4 April 1874 , St-Etienne-de-Lauzon, Quebec, Canada )

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Joseph FRECHETTE was born 8 June 1802 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

Joseph FRECHETTE was the child of Antoine FRECHETTE and Marie-Josephe FORTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne DUPERE (maternal) Pierre-Jacques-Noel FORTIER and Marie-Anne DEMERS

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

Joseph married Charlotte CARRIER 18 January 1825 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte CARRIER was born 24 August 1806 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Charlotte died 9 January 1856 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Charlotte was the child of Charles CARRIER and Marie-Françoise MARTIN.

Joseph married (2) Elisa PERRY 20 July 1859 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East . Elisa PERRY was born abt. 1828 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Elisa died 27 May 1880 in St-Etienne-de-Lauzon, Quebec, Canada. Elisa was the child of Charles Chelsea PERRY and Marie-Lisette AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Joseph FRECHETTE died 4 April 1874 in St-Etienne-de-Lauzon, 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.

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Joseph FRECHETTE married

Charlotte CARRIER-- Date: 18 January 1825 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Charlotte CARRIER was the child of Charles CARRIER and Marie-Françoise MARTIN

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Children of Joseph FRECHETTE and Charlotte CARRIER:

Guillaume "William" FRECHETTE (b.abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 January 1925, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Joseph FRECHETTE married

Elisa PERRY-- Date: 20 July 1859 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East
Elisa PERRY was the child of Charles Chelsea PERRY and Marie-Lisette AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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1802 Birth
8 June 1802
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Joseph FRECHETTE and Charlotte CARRIER 18 January 1825, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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)

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

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

1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charlotte CARRIER died 9 January 1856, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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 / Partner
Joseph FRECHETTE and Elisa PERRY 20 July 1859, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 57 years old.

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.