Norbert ETHIER

Born

25 April 1804 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

5 February 1881 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Norbert married Sophie LOISEAU dite CARDIN 9 February 1830 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie LOISEAU dite CARDIN was born abt. 1810 in Québec Province, Canada. Sophie was the child of Jacques LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Marguerite ÉTHIER .

Parents & Family of Norbert ETHIER

Parents of Norbert ETHIER

Father

Alexandre ÉTHIER

Mother

Françoise DÉSORCY

Grandparents of Norbert ETHIER

Paternal grandparents

Louis ÉTHIER Josephte BERGERON dite LAJEUNESSE

Maternal grandparents

Pierre DÉSORCY Francoise ST-MARTIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Norbert ETHIER

Norbert ETHIER married

Sophie LOISEAU dite CARDIN
Marriage date: 9 February 1830
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Sophie LOISEAU dite CARDIN was the child of Jacques LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Marguerite ÉTHIER

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

Children of Norbert ETHIER and Sophie LOISEAU dite CARDIN

Marie-Elisabeth ETHIER

Born: abt. 1840, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Felix CAPISTRAN 11 November 1862 Place: Sorel, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

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
25 April 1804
Sorel, 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)

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

1830 Marriage / Partner
Norbert ETHIER and Sophie LOISEAU dite CARDIN 9 February 1830, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 25 years old.

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.

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Marie-Elisabeth ETHIER married 11 November 1862, Sorel, Canada East to Felix CAPISTRAN

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.