Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER

Born

13 June 1792 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

3 February 1879 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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Born: 13 June 1792 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Parents of Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER

Father

Charles POIRIER

Mother

Anne Jeanne BOURG

Grandparents of Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER

Paternal grandparents

Charles POIRIER Madeleine LANDRY

Maternal grandparents

Joseph BOURG Catherine COMEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Charles Boromee Carolus married Geneviève LEGER 25 November 1817 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . Geneviève LEGER was born abt. 1796 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Geneviève died 15 April 1861 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Geneviève was the child of Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE and Claire-Félicité ROBICHAUD.

Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER died 3 February 1879 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Recorded occupation: Milicien

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER

Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER married

Geneviève LEGER
Marriage date: 25 November 1817
Marriage place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Geneviève LEGER was the child of Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE and Claire-Félicité ROBICHAUD

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Baptism

1 July 1792 • parish of Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens Catholic Church, Caraquet, New Brunswick

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Birth — 1792
13 June 1792
Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER - Baptism

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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

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

1817 Marriage / Partner
Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER and Geneviève LEGER 25 November 1817, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 25 years old.

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.

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

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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève LEGER died 15 April 1861, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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.