Catherine BELANGER

Born

3 April 1775 , Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

25 April 1868 , Saint-Didace, D'Autray, Quebec, Canada

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Jacques BELANGER Marguerite LORD dite LAMONTAGNE

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Born: 3 April 1775 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jacques BELANGER

Mother: Marguerite LORD dite LAMONTAGNE

Paternal grandparents: Augustin BÉLANGER , Marie-Louise SIMON dite LAPOINTE

Maternal grandparents: Charles LORD (LAURE) , Marie Josephe DOUCET

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Catherine married Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) 18 February 1805 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) was born 17 December 1786 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Joseph died 6 May 1839 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Joseph was the child of Francois PICHET and Marie-Victoire HEBERT.

Catherine BELANGER died 25 April 1868 in Saint-Didace, D'Autray, Quebec, Canada.
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Spouse & Children of Catherine BELANGER

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Catherine BELANGER married

Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE)
Marriage date: 18 February 1805
Marriage place: Louiseville, Lower Canada
Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) was the child of Francois PICHET and Marie-Victoire HEBERT

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Children of Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) and Catherine BELANGER

Louis PICHETTE

Born: 27 June 1807, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 October 1886, Saint-Didace, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada

Married: Rose GODIN 19 July 1830 Place: Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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Birth — 1775
3 April 1775
Louiseville, Province of Québec, 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)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Catherine BELANGER and Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) 18 February 1805, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

She was 29 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Louis PICHETTE was born 27 June 1807, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Catherine was 32 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

1830 Marriage of Child
Louis PICHETTE married 19 July 1830, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Rose GODIN

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)

1839 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) died 6 May 1839, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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.