Catherine BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE)

Born

6 May 1820 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Died

28 October 1909 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Catherine married Edouard CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 14 January 1840 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Edouard CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was born 31 December 1818 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . Edouard died 28 January 1861 in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Canada East . Edouard was the child of Joseph CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Thérèse-Marie GIROUARD .

Parents & Family of Catherine BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE)

Parents of Catherine BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE)

Father

Augustin BLANCHET

Mother

Marguerite PELOQUIN

Grandparents of Catherine BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE)

Paternal grandparents

André BLANCHET Marie-Françoise BUTEAU (BULTEAU)

Maternal grandparents

Pierre PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX Marguerite ÉTHIER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Catherine BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE)

Catherine BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE) married

Edouard CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE
Marriage date: 14 January 1840
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Edouard CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was the child of Joseph CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Thérèse-Marie GIROUARD

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

Children of Edouard CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Catherine BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE)

Malvina CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE

Born: 28 April 1844, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Canada East
Died: abt. 1918,

Married: Joseph CHENET (CHENETTE)

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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
6 May 1820
Saint-Ours, 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 Marriage / Partner
Catherine BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE) and Edouard CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 14 January 1840, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

She was 19 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Malvina CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE was born 28 April 1844, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé)

Catherine 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)

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Edouard CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE died 28 January 1861, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé)

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 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

Death — 1909
28 October 1909
Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 89.

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