Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU

Born

15 January 1818 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Died

16 August 1883 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

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Henri MARTINEAU Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS

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Born: 15 January 1818 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Father: Henri MARTINEAU

Mother: Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS

Paternal grandparents: Étienne MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE , Josephte-Geneviève DEMERS

Maternal grandparents: Louis DESMARAIS , Catherine FOREST

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Henri-Norbert married Éléonore ÉTHIER 21 February 1843 in Varennes, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Éléonore ÉTHIER was born 15 March 1821 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Éléonore died 9 January 1904 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada. Éléonore was the child of Pierre ÉTHIER and Adelaide SÉVIGNY.

Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU died 16 August 1883 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada.
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Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU married

Éléonore ÉTHIER
Marriage date: 21 February 1843
Marriage place: Varennes, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Éléonore ÉTHIER was the child of Pierre ÉTHIER and Adelaide SÉVIGNY

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Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, Varennes, QC, Canada

NOTE: Eleanor got married on the same day and place as her sister, Adelaide.

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Children of Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU and Éléonore ÉTHIER

Vitaline MARTINEAU

Born: 19 February 1845, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Montcalm, Canada East
Died: 9 December 1931, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU

Born: 15 June 1852, L'Assomption, Canada East
Died: ,

Josephine MARTINEAU

Born: abt. 1855, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 4 March 1908, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada

Joseph MARTINEAU

Born: abt. 1855, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1871,

Marguerite MARTINEAU

Born: abt. 1860, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1818
15 January 1818
L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU and Éléonore ÉTHIER 21 February 1843, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 25 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Vitaline MARTINEAU was born 19 February 1845, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Montcalm, Québec, Canada (Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaie)

Henri-Norbert was 27 years old.

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

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

1852 Birth of Child
Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU was born 15 June 1852, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Henri-Norbert was 34 years old.

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.