Charles Amand POTHIER

Born

18 April 1794 , Wedgeport, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

17 July 1883 , Sluice Point, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents & Family of Charles Amand POTHIER

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Born: 18 April 1794 in Wedgeport, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents of Charles Amand POTHIER

Father

Charles Amand POTHIER

Mother

Marguerite D'ENTREMONT

Grandparents of Charles Amand POTHIER

Paternal grandparents

Dominique POTHIER Anne Agnes SURETTE

Maternal grandparents

Joseph MIUS D'ENTREMONT Agnes BÉLIVEAU

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

Charles Amand married Genevieve BABIN 21 November 1820 in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve BABIN was born 2 November 1798 in Sluice Point, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Genevieve died 18 August 1876 in Sluice Point, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Charles BABIN and Veronique Ludivine AMIRAULT.

Charles Amand POTHIER died 17 July 1883 in Sluice Point, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charles Amand POTHIER

Charles Amand POTHIER married

Genevieve BABIN
Marriage date: 21 November 1820
Marriage place: Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genevieve BABIN was the child of Charles BABIN and Veronique Ludivine AMIRAULT

Children of Charles Amand POTHIER and Genevieve BABIN

Louis POTHIER

Born: 18 April 1839, Sluice Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 20 May 1929, Sluice Point, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Anne Susanne SURETTE 17 April 1865

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Birth — 1794
18 April 1794
Wedgeport, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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 Marriage / Partner
Charles Amand POTHIER and Genevieve BABIN 21 November 1820, Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 26 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)

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Louis POTHIER was born 18 April 1839, Sluice Point, Nova Scotia, Canada

Charles Amand was 45 years old.

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.