Christophe POITRAS

Born

30 October 1820 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

13 May 1903 , St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Canada

Christophe married Marie-Barbe THERRIEN 16 September 1844 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Barbe THERRIEN was born 20 August 1821 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Marie-Barbe died 24 February 1912 in Ste-Zoé de Grandes-Bergeronnes, Canada. Marie-Barbe was the child of Joseph-Gervais THERRIEN and Marie GAGNE .

Parents & Family of Christophe POITRAS

Parents of Christophe POITRAS

Father

Christophe POITRAS

Mother

Mary HEWETT (HEWITT)

Grandparents of Christophe POITRAS

Paternal grandparents

Pierre POITRAS Rosalie SIMARD

Maternal grandparents

John HEWITT (HEWETT) Mary MCDOUGAL GILCHRIST

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Christophe POITRAS

Christophe POITRAS married

Marie-Barbe THERRIEN
Marriage date: 16 September 1844
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East

See marriage record for Christophe POITRAS and Marie-Barbe THERRIEN
Marie-Barbe THERRIEN was the child of Joseph-Gervais THERRIEN and Marie GAGNE

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

Children of Christophe POITRAS and Marie-Barbe THERRIEN

Elise POITRAS

Born: 28 July 1849, Les Escoumins, Canada East
Died: 3 March 1937, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marc-Mars TREMBLAY 19 January 1866

Aulive (Olive) Aveline POITRAS

Born: 22 November 1856, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Herménégilde LAROUCHE 5 July 1875

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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 — 1820
30 October 1820
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Christophe POITRAS and Marie-Barbe THERRIEN 16 September 1844, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 23 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)

1849 Birth of Child
Elise POITRAS was born 28 July 1849, Les Escoumins, Québec, Canada

Christophe was 28 years old.

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

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

1856 Birth of Child
Aulive (Olive) Aveline POITRAS was born 22 November 1856, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Christophe was 36 years old.

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.