Charles HEON

Born

2 June 1790 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

16 July 1876 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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Louis-Charles HEON Nathalie CORMIER

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Born: 2 June 1790 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis-Charles HEON

Mother: Nathalie CORMIER

Paternal grandparents: Charles HEON , Madeleine LABAUVE

Maternal grandparents: Francois CORMIER , Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE)

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Charles married Louise DESILETS dite DESROSIERS 26 January 1819 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise DESILETS dite DESROSIERS was born 9 November 1796 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . Louise died 22 May 1867 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East . Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DESILETS and Marie-Charlotte BOURQUE (BOURG).

Charles HEON died 16 July 1876 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada .
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Charles HEON married

Louise DESILETS dite DESROSIERS
Marriage date: 26 January 1819
Marriage place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Louise DESILETS dite DESROSIERS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DESILETS and Marie-Charlotte BOURQUE (BOURG)

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Charles HEON

Born: 21 July 1819, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 20 October 1888, St-Maurice, Canada

Married: Julie RICHARD 15 February 1847 Place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1790
2 June 1790
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Charles HEON and Louise DESILETS dite DESROSIERS 26 January 1819, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

He was 28 years old.

1819 Birth of Child
Charles HEON was born 21 July 1819, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Charles was 29 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

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Charles HEON married 15 February 1847, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East to Julie RICHARD

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

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.

1867 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louise DESILETS dite DESROSIERS died 22 May 1867, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*