Charlotte LEGER

(b. abt. 1765 , New Brunswick, Canada d. 3 April 1857 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Charlotte LEGER was born abt. 1765 in New Brunswick, Canada

Charlotte LEGER was the child of Olivier LEGER and Marie Josephte HEBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Anne AMIRAULT (maternal) Jean HÉBERT and Isabelle BOURG

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Charlotte married Joseph Hubert POIRIER 26 June 1786 in Népisiguit, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Joseph Hubert POIRIER was born abt. 1757 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Joseph Hubert died abt. 1814 in Canada. Joseph Hubert was the child of Charles POIRIER and Madeleine LANDRY.

Charlotte LEGER died 3 April 1857 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Charlotte LEGER married

Joseph Hubert POIRIER-- Date: 26 June 1786 Place: Népisiguit, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Joseph Hubert POIRIER was the child of Charles POIRIER and Madeleine LANDRY

Children of Joseph Hubert POIRIER and Charlotte LEGER:

Joseph POIRIER (b.26 September 1787, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 23 September 1826, )
m. Adelaide ROBICHAUD 1 February 1813 in Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada

Veronique POIRIER (b.4 January 1789, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Andre-Honore ROBICHAUD 13 January 1812 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie Blanche POIRIER (b.17 November 1790, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Eusebe HACHE dit GALLANT 21 November 1809 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Raphael POIRIER (b.abt. 1793, , New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite ROBICHAUD 27 January 1818 in Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada

Jean Bruno POIRIER (b.24 July 1794, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Marie Jeanne ROBICHAUD 7 February 1820 in Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie Anastasie POIRIER (b.3 February 1796, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 9 January 1880, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Louis ROBICHAUD 31 January 1818 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Germain POIRIER (b.abt. 1797, d. , )
m. Marie Monique ROBICHAUD 14 February 1822 in Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada

Nicolas POIRIER (b.abt. 1802, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 11 October 1867, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Marie Charlotte Scholastique DESJARDINS dite LOSIER 19 November 1828 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Jean Louis POIRIER (b.1 May 1805, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 2 October 1890, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada)

Victoire POIRIER (b.4 June 1807, , New Brunswick, Canada d. 2 February 1826, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Pierre BLANCHARD 23 November 1824 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Theotiste POIRIER (b.24 June 1809, , New Brunswick, Canada d. abt. 1849, )

Anne Marie POIRIER (b.13 March 1813, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

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1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte LEGER and Joseph Hubert POIRIER 26 June 1786, Népisiguit, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1787 Birth of Child
Joseph POIRIER was born 26 September 1787, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1789 Birth of Child
Veronique POIRIER was born 4 January 1789, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1790 Birth of Child
Marie Blanche POIRIER was born 17 November 1790, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Birth of Child
Jean Bruno POIRIER was born 24 July 1794, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada

1796 Birth of Child
Marie Anastasie POIRIER was born 3 February 1796, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1805 Birth of Child
Jean Louis POIRIER was born 1 May 1805, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1807 Birth of Child
Victoire POIRIER was born 4 June 1807, , New Brunswick, Canada

1809 Birth of Child
Theotiste POIRIER was born 24 June 1809, , New Brunswick, Canada

1809 Marriage of Child
Marie Blanche POIRIER married 21 November 1809, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Eusebe HACHE dit GALLANT

1812 Marriage of Child
Veronique POIRIER married 13 January 1812, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Andre-Honore ROBICHAUD

1813 Marriage of Child
Joseph POIRIER married 1 February 1813, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada to Adelaide ROBICHAUD

1813 Birth of Child
Anne Marie POIRIER was born 13 March 1813, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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 of Child
Raphael POIRIER married 27 January 1818, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada to Marguerite ROBICHAUD

1818 Marriage of Child
Marie Anastasie POIRIER married 31 January 1818, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Louis ROBICHAUD

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Marriage of Child
Jean Bruno POIRIER married 7 February 1820, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada to Marie Jeanne ROBICHAUD

1822 Marriage of Child
Germain POIRIER married 14 February 1822, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada to Marie Monique ROBICHAUD

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Marriage of Child
Victoire POIRIER married 23 November 1824, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Pierre BLANCHARD

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Death of Child
Victoire POIRIER died 2 February 1826, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Marriage of Child
Nicolas POIRIER married 19 November 1828, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Marie Charlotte Scholastique DESJARDINS dite LOSIER

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.