Charles PELLETIER

Born

17 September 1793 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

25 June 1882 , Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

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Charles-François PELLETIER Marie-Judith ROY dite DESJARDINS

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Born: 17 September 1793 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Charles-François PELLETIER

Mother: Marie-Judith ROY dite DESJARDINS

Paternal grandparents: Charles-François PELLETIER , Françoise-Josephte CARON

Maternal grandparents: Alexandre ROY dit DESJARDINS , Marie-Josephe PLOURDE

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Charles married Elisabeth ESCHENBACH 10 February 1817 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth ESCHENBACH was born 8 February 1797 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Elisabeth died 9 June 1855 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth was the child of Jean Andre ESCHENBACH and Genevieve DENEAU.

Charles PELLETIER died 25 June 1882 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Charles PELLETIER married

Elisabeth ESCHENBACH
Marriage date: 10 February 1817
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Elisabeth ESCHENBACH was the child of Jean Andre ESCHENBACH and Genevieve DENEAU

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Children of Charles PELLETIER and Elisabeth ESCHENBACH

Etienne PELLETIER

Born: 13 February 1827, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 23 August 1899, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Married: Petronille PELLETIER 26 January 1857 Place: Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1793
17 September 1793
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Charles PELLETIER and Elisabeth ESCHENBACH 10 February 1817, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Etienne PELLETIER was born 13 February 1827, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Charles was 33 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)

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.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elisabeth ESCHENBACH died 9 June 1855, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage of Child
Etienne PELLETIER married 26 January 1857, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada to Petronille PELLETIER

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.