Esther FRECHETTE

Born

20 August 1798 , Chambly, Lower Canada

Died

23 June 1874 , Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE Marie-Louise QUINTIN dite DUBOIS

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Born: 20 August 1798 in Chambly, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE

Mother: Marie-Louise QUINTIN dite DUBOIS

Paternal grandparents: Étienne FRECHETTE , Marie-Geneviève LAREAU

Maternal grandparents: Antoine QUINTIN dit DUBOIS , Veronique BRUNEL

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Esther married Casimir NOLIN 19 September 1814 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Casimir NOLIN was born 25 February 1790 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada. Casimir died 7 September 1850 in Saint-Valentin, Canada East. Casimir was the child of Pierre NOLIN and Josephte-Marie CHABOT.

Esther FRECHETTE died 23 June 1874 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada.
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Esther FRECHETTE married

Casimir NOLIN
Marriage date: 19 September 1814
Marriage place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Casimir NOLIN was the child of Pierre NOLIN and Josephte-Marie CHABOT

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Children of Casimir NOLIN and Esther FRECHETTE

Ambroise NOLIN

Born: 24 February 1826, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: 17 April 1912, St-Paul-de-l'Isle-aux-Noix, Canada

Married: Sophie GIROUX 27 July 1852 Place: Saint-Valentin, 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 — 1798
20 August 1798
Chambly, Lower Canada

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Esther FRECHETTE and Casimir NOLIN 19 September 1814, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

She was 16 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)

1826 Birth of Child
Ambroise NOLIN was born 24 February 1826, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Esther was 27 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)

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)

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Casimir NOLIN died 7 September 1850, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

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

1852 Marriage of Child
Ambroise NOLIN married 27 July 1852, Saint-Valentin, Canada East to Sophie GIROUX

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.