Michel BARRETTE

Born

18 September 1804 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Died

2 March 1873 , Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

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Born: 18 September 1804 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Parents of Michel BARRETTE

Father

Michel BARRETTE

Mother

Françoise PICHE

Grandparents of Michel BARRETTE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph BARRETTE Marie-Elisabeth CARON

Maternal grandparents

Alexis PICHE Marie-Anne GIGNAC

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

Michel married Dorothee DENOMME 4 April 1837 in Saint-Barthélemy, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Dorothee DENOMME was born abt. 1818 in Saint-Barthélemy, Lower Canada. Dorothee was the child of Antoine DENOMME and Julie BERARD dite LÉPINE.

Michel BARRETTE died 2 March 1873 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Michel BARRETTE

Michel BARRETTE married

Dorothee DENOMME
Marriage date: 4 April 1837
Marriage place: Saint-Barthélemy, Lower Canada
Dorothee DENOMME was the child of Antoine DENOMME and Julie BERARD dite LÉPINE

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

Children of Michel BARRETTE and Dorothee DENOMME

Pierre-Damien BARRETTE

Born: abt. 1847, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 6 January 1928, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada

Married: Rosalie BERARD 26 February 1867 Place: Saint-Barthélemy, Canada East

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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
18 September 1804
Maskinongé, 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 - 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 / Partner
Michel BARRETTE and Dorothee DENOMME 4 April 1837, Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

He was 32 years old.

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

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.

1867 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Damien BARRETTE married 26 February 1867, Saint-Barthélemy, Canada East to Rosalie BERARD