Charles LAFOREST

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22 May 1803 , Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada

Died

13 February 1875 , Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada

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Charles LAFOREST Ursula SULIERE

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Born: 22 May 1803 in Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada

Father: Charles LAFOREST

Mother: Ursula SULIERE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste SOULIERES (SULIERE) , Marie-Catherine-Marguerite SOLQUIN (SAULQUIN)

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Charles married Teresa RENAUD 28 November 1826 in Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Teresa RENAUD was born 25 July 1808 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Teresa died 24 July 1884 Teresa was the child of Gabriel RENAUD and Archange ALLARD.

Charles LAFOREST died 13 February 1875 in Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada.
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Teresa RENAUD
Marriage date: 28 November 1826
Marriage place: Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada
Teresa RENAUD was the child of Gabriel RENAUD and Archange ALLARD

Children of Charles LAFOREST and Teresa RENAUD

Charles Benjamin LAFOREST

Born: 14 April 1844, Windsor, Essex, Canada West
Died: 10 May 1880, L’Anse Creuse, Macomb, Michigan, USA

Married: Marie Emilie Caroline (Amelia) FORTON

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Birth — 1803
22 May 1803
Windsor, Essex, Upper 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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Charles LAFOREST and Teresa RENAUD 28 November 1826, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Charles Benjamin LAFOREST was born 14 April 1844, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

Charles was 40 years old.

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

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.