Charles PLANTE

Born

29 October 1798 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

31 March 1864 , Saint-Dominique, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste PLANTE Angelique SENEZ

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Born: 29 October 1798 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste PLANTE

Mother: Angelique SENEZ

Paternal grandparents: Andre PLANTE , Angelique MONTMINY

Maternal grandparents: Charles SENET (SENEZ) , Marie-Anne TETREAULT

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Charles married Marie-Angelique LACASSE 24 November 1818 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angelique LACASSE was born 16 February 1801 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Angelique died 5 May 1872 in Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada . Marie-Angelique was the child of Joseph LACASSE and Marie-Apolline LACROIX.

Charles PLANTE died 31 March 1864 in Saint-Dominique, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Marie-Angelique LACASSE
Marriage date: 24 November 1818
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Marie-Angelique LACASSE was the child of Joseph LACASSE and Marie-Apolline LACROIX

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Apolline PLANTE

Born: 11 March 1832, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 28 June 1879, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Pierre GAGNON 23 February 1857 Place: Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1798
29 October 1798
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Charles PLANTE and Marie-Angelique LACASSE 24 November 1818, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

He was 20 years old.

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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Apolline PLANTE was born 11 March 1832, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Charles was 33 years old.

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.

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

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