Catherine BLETTE

Born

6 February 1830 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

11 November 1909 , St-David-de-l'Auberivière, Lévis, Quebec, Canada

Catherine married Jean CLOUTIER 23 September 1851 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean CLOUTIER was born 24 June 1829 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada . Jean died 11 April 1885 in Lévis, St-David-de-l'Auberivière, Quebec, Canada. Jean was the child of Joseph CLOUTIER and Genevieve LADRIERE dite FLAMAND .

Parents & Family of Catherine BLETTE

Parents of Catherine BLETTE

Father

Pierre BLETTE

Mother

Marie-Victoire ETHIER

Grandparents of Catherine BLETTE

Paternal grandparents

Antoine BELLET (BLET) Agathe HUS COURNOYER

Maternal grandparents

Louis ÉTHIER Marie-Thérèse VANDAL

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Catherine BLETTE

Catherine BLETTE married

Jean CLOUTIER
Marriage date: 23 September 1851
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Jean CLOUTIER was the child of Joseph CLOUTIER and Genevieve LADRIERE dite FLAMAND

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

Children of Jean CLOUTIER and Catherine BLETTE

Marie-Aurelie CLOUTIER

Born: 12 September 1858, Québec, Canada East
Died: 10 October 1910,

Married: Napoleon HUARD 27 September 1880

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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 — 1830
6 February 1830
Sorel, Lower Canada

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
Catherine BLETTE and Jean CLOUTIER 23 September 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 21 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.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Marie-Aurelie CLOUTIER was born 12 September 1858, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Catherine was 28 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean CLOUTIER died 11 April 1885, Lévis, St-David-de-l'Auberivière, Quebec, Canada

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
11 November 1909
St-David-de-l'Auberivière, Lévis, Quebec, Canada
She died at the age of 79.

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