Celina CROTEAU

Born

abt. 1832 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

21 April 1890 , Sainte-Eulalie, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Celina CROTEAU

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Born: abt. 1832 in Québec Province, Canada

Parents of Celina CROTEAU

Father

Louis CROTEAU

Mother

Josephte MONTAMBAULT

Grandparents of Celina CROTEAU

Paternal grandparents

Louis CROTEAU dit VINCENT Marie-Geneviève VERRET dite CARON

Maternal grandparents

Joseph MONTAMBAULT Marie GIGNAC

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

Celina married Charles RICHER 2 September 1851 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles RICHER was born abt. 1826 in Québec Province, Canada. Charles was the child of Francois RICHER and Angele MAILLOT.

Celina CROTEAU died 21 April 1890 in Sainte-Eulalie, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Celina CROTEAU

Celina CROTEAU married

Charles RICHER
Marriage date: 2 September 1851
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East
Charles RICHER was the child of Francois RICHER and Angele MAILLOT

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

Children of Charles RICHER and Celina CROTEAU

Cédulie RICHER

Born: abt. 1856, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph-Octave MARCOTTE 1 February 1876 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Celina CROTEAU and Charles RICHER 2 September 1851, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.