Catherine ARTEAU

Born

7 November 1787 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

18 October 1877 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

Catherine married Etienne BABEU 14 August 1809 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Etienne BABEU was born 16 October 1783 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Etienne died 21 December 1829 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Etienne was the child of Étienne BABEAU and Marie-Marguerite LÉCUYER .

Parents & Family of Catherine ARTEAU

Parents of Catherine ARTEAU

Father

Francois ARTEAU

Mother

Catherine HUBERT dite LACROIX

Grandparents of Catherine ARTEAU

Paternal grandparents

Jacques ARTEAU Veronique-Ursule DEMERS

Maternal grandparents

Jacques HUBERT dit LACROIX Marie-Josephe ROY

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Catherine ARTEAU

Catherine ARTEAU married

Etienne BABEU
Marriage date: 14 August 1809
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Etienne BABEU was the child of Étienne BABEAU and Marie-Marguerite LÉCUYER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Etienne BABEU and Catherine ARTEAU

Etienne BABEU

Born: 26 July 1810, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Justine CHALIFOUX 18 February 1833 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

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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 — 1787
7 November 1787
La Prairie, 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)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Catherine ARTEAU and Etienne BABEU 14 August 1809, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 21 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Etienne BABEU was born 26 July 1810, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Catherine was 22 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)

1829 Death of Spouse/Partner
Etienne BABEU died 21 December 1829, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Marriage of Child
Etienne BABEU married 18 February 1833, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Justine CHALIFOUX

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

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.