Louis Joseph Napoleon CARTIER

Born

11 December 1775 , Saint-Michel-de-Rougement, Rougemont, Rouville, Quebec, Canada

Died

8 April 1858 , Yamaska, Canada East

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Louis CARTIER Madeleine-Marguerite ALLARD

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Born: 11 December 1775 in Saint-Michel-de-Rougement, Rougemont, Rouville, Quebec, Canada

Father: Louis CARTIER

Mother: Madeleine-Marguerite ALLARD

Paternal grandparents: Louis CARTIER , Marie-Jeanne-Elisabeth BABIE dite DUPERON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste ALLARD , Madeleine GOYETTE (GOGUET)

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Louis Joseph Napoleon married Dorothee RITCHOT 12 January 1807 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Dorothee RITCHOT was born 24 June 1784 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . Dorothee died 14 December 1855 in Yamaska, Canada East . Dorothee was the child of Michel RITCHOT and Marguerite CREVIER.

Louis Joseph Napoleon CARTIER died 8 April 1858 in Yamaska, Canada East .
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Louis Joseph Napoleon CARTIER married

Dorothee RITCHOT
Marriage date: 12 January 1807
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Dorothee RITCHOT was the child of Michel RITCHOT and Marguerite CREVIER

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Children of Louis Joseph Napoleon CARTIER and Dorothee RITCHOT

Geneviève CARTIER

Born: 25 July 1811, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 4 June 1847, Saint-Aimé, Canada East

Married: Michel HOULE 24 February 1829 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada

Pierre CARTIER

Born: 29 March 1818, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 17 June 1889, North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie HEBERT 12 October 1841 Place: L'Acadie, Canada East

Married: Marie-Anne GIGUERE 18 October 1842 Place: Yamaska, 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 — 1775
11 December 1775
Saint-Michel-de-Rougement, Rougemont, Rouville, Quebec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Louis Joseph Napoleon CARTIER and Dorothee RITCHOT 12 January 1807, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 31 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Geneviève CARTIER was born 25 July 1811, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis Joseph Napoleon was 35 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Pierre CARTIER was born 29 March 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Louis Joseph Napoleon was 42 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)

1829 Marriage of Child
Geneviève CARTIER married 24 February 1829, Yamaska, Lower Canada to Michel HOULE

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 Marriage of Child
Pierre CARTIER married 12 October 1841, L'Acadie, Canada East to Marie HEBERT

1842 Marriage of Child
Pierre CARTIER married 18 October 1842, Yamaska, Canada East to Marie-Anne GIGUERE

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 Death of Child
Geneviève CARTIER died 4 June 1847, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Louis Joseph Napoleon was 71 years old.

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.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Dorothee RITCHOT died 14 December 1855, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

Death — 1858
8 April 1858
Yamaska, Canada East
He died at the age of 82.

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