Charles MATHIEU

(b. 10 March 1787 , Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 September 1869 , Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada )

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Charles MATHIEU was born 10 March 1787 in Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada

Charles MATHIEU was the child of Charles MATHIEU and Marie-Josephte MERCIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean MATHIEU and Anne TREPANIER (maternal) Joseph-Marie MERCIER and Marie-Josephte CARON

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

Charles married Marie LABBE 23 April 1816 in Château-Richer, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie LABBE was born 8 April 1796 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marie died 1 June 1874 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Marie was the child of Augustin LABBE and Marie-Josephe RHÉAUME.

Charles MATHIEU died 17 September 1869 in Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada.
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Occupation

Charles MATHIEU was a Charpentier.
In New France, the occupation of charpentier, or carpenter, covered all trades of wood construction.

Source: tfcq.ca

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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.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Charles MATHIEU married

Marie LABBE-- Date: 23 April 1816 Place: Château-Richer, Lower Canada
Marie LABBE was the child of Augustin LABBE and Marie-Josephe RHÉAUME

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Children of Charles MATHIEU and Marie LABBE:

Adeline MATHIEU (b.abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 June 1871, Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada)
m. Michel Prosper "Georges" TANGUAY 6 August 1855 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1787 Birth
10 March 1787
Château-Richer, 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)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Charles MATHIEU and Marie LABBE 23 April 1816, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

He was 29 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)

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Adeline MATHIEU married 6 August 1855, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Michel Prosper "Georges" TANGUAY

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.