Brigitte CARETTE

Born

3 March 1796 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Died

17 February 1879 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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Augustin CARETTE (CARRÉ)Marie-Thérèse PERRAULT

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Born: 3 March 1796 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Father: Augustin CARETTE (CARRÉ)

Mother: Marie-Thérèse PERRAULT

Paternal grandparents: Thomas CARETTE (CARRÉ) , Marie-Louise DEGUISE

Maternal grandparents: François PERRAULT , Brigitte DROUIN

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Brigitte married Charles DUPUIS dit GILBERT 26 February 1816 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles DUPUIS dit GILBERT was born 17 February 1793 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Charles died 30 November 1874 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Charles was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPUIS dit GILBERT and Marguerite-Angélique MATHIEU.

Brigitte CARETTE died 17 February 1879 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Brigitte CARETTE married

Charles DUPUIS dit GILBERT
Marriage date: 26 February 1816
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Charles DUPUIS dit GILBERT was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPUIS dit GILBERT and Marguerite-Angélique MATHIEU

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Children of Charles DUPUIS dit GILBERT and Brigitte CARETTE

Athalie DUPUIS dite GILBERT

Born: 28 October 1828, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Died: 9 April 1896, St-Frédéric, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

Married: Augustin DOYON 11 January 1848 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1796
3 March 1796
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Brigitte CARETTE and Charles DUPUIS dit GILBERT 26 February 1816, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

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)

1828 Birth of Child
Athalie DUPUIS dite GILBERT was born 28 October 1828, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Brigitte was 32 years old.

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Athalie DUPUIS dite GILBERT married 11 January 1848, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Augustin DOYON

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.