Charles RHÉAUME

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16 August 1808 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

Died

3 September 1887 , Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada

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Charles RHÉAUME Marie-Francoise DENEAU

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Born: 16 August 1808 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

Father: Charles RHÉAUME

Mother: Marie-Francoise DENEAU

Paternal grandparents: François RHÉAUME , Marie-Suzanne LONGTIN

Maternal grandparents: Charles DENEAU (DENIAU) , Elisabeth-Isabelle MOISAN

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Charles married Eleonore VIAU 18 October 1830 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eleonore VIAU was born 23 April 1808 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Eleonore died 24 April 1889 in Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle). Eleonore was the child of Jean-Baptiste VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Louise DELISLE.

Charles RHÉAUME died 3 September 1887 in Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada .
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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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Charles RHÉAUME married

Eleonore VIAU
Marriage date: 18 October 1830
Marriage place: Saint-Constant, Lower Canada
Eleonore VIAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Louise DELISLE

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Children of Charles RHÉAUME and Eleonore VIAU

Philomene RHÉAUME

Born: 14 December 1841, Saint-Rémi, Canada East
Died: 14 August 1874, Napierville, Québec, Canada

Married: David TREMBLAY 12 May 1862 Place: Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

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Birth — 1808
16 August 1808
Saint-Constant, Lower 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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Charles RHÉAUME and Eleonore VIAU 18 October 1830, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Philomene RHÉAUME was born 14 December 1841, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Charles was 33 years old.

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Philomene RHÉAUME married 12 May 1862, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle) to David TREMBLAY

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.