Claude-Joseph CARON

Born

13 March 1762 , L'Islet, Canada

Died

18 July 1833 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Claude-Joseph CARON

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Born: 13 March 1762 in L'Islet, Canada

Parents of Claude-Joseph CARON

Father

Louis-Claude CARON

Mother

Marguerite-Ursule TONDREAU

Grandparents of Claude-Joseph CARON

Paternal grandparents

Joseph CARON Marie-Madeleine BERNIER

Maternal grandparents

Joseph TONDREAU Elisabeth LANGELIER

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

Claude-Joseph married Marie-Genevieve DUREPOS 19 July 1785 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Genevieve DUREPOS was born 17 February 1764 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Genevieve died 17 December 1831 in L'Islet, Lower Canada . Marie-Genevieve was the child of Gabriel DUREPOS and Marguerite COTE.

Claude-Joseph CARON died 18 July 1833 in L'Islet, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Claude-Joseph CARON

Claude-Joseph CARON married

Marie-Genevieve DUREPOS
Marriage date: 19 July 1785
Marriage place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Genevieve DUREPOS was the child of Gabriel DUREPOS and Marguerite COTE

Children of Claude-Joseph CARON and Marie-Genevieve DUREPOS

Marie-Euphrosine CARON

Born: 29 June 1787, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 31 March 1849, L'Islet, Canada East

Married: Isaac FORTIN 14 January 1806 Place: L'Islet, 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 — 1762
13 March 1762
L'Islet, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Claude-Joseph CARON and Marie-Genevieve DUREPOS 19 July 1785, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 23 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Marie-Euphrosine CARON was born 29 June 1787, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Claude-Joseph was 25 years old.

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)

1806 Marriage of Child
Marie-Euphrosine CARON married 14 January 1806, L'Islet, Lower Canada to Isaac FORTIN

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)