Charles TURGEON

Born

abt. 1817 , Ottawa, Upper Canada

Died

17 February 1894 , Saint-André-Avelin, Quebec, Canada

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Etienne TURGEON Josephte BEAUTRON dite MAJOR

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Born: abt. 1817 in Ottawa, Upper Canada

Father: Etienne TURGEON

Mother: Josephte BEAUTRON dite MAJOR

Paternal grandparents: Etienne TURGEON , Felicite THIBAULT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BEAUTRON dit MAJOR , Marie-Marguerite BLENIER dite JARRY (BLEIGNER)

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

Charles married Louise LACOSTE . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise LACOSTE was born 3 June 1817 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Louise was the child of Charles LACOSTE and Marie-Josephte RIENDEAU.

Charles TURGEON died 17 February 1894 in Saint-André-Avelin, Quebec, Canada.
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Spouse & Children of Charles TURGEON

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Charles TURGEON married

Louise LACOSTE
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Louise LACOSTE was the child of Charles LACOSTE and Marie-Josephte RIENDEAU

Children of Charles TURGEON and Louise LACOSTE

Marie-Céladine TURGEON

Born: abt. 1844, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 16 February 1897, St. André Angevin, Quebec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste LACOSTE 14 July 1861 Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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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 Marriage of Child
Marie-Céladine TURGEON married 14 July 1861, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to Jean-Baptiste LACOSTE

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.