Charles CASTONGUAY

Born

15 September 1835 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Died

20 August 1893 , Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada

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Born: 15 September 1835 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Charles married Philomene OUELLET 24 January 1859 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Philomene OUELLET was born abt. 1837 Philomene died 25 January 1906 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada.

Charles CASTONGUAY died 20 August 1893 in Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charles CASTONGUAY

Charles CASTONGUAY married

Philomene OUELLET
Marriage date: 24 January 1859
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Charles CASTONGUAY and Philomene OUELLET

Delina CASTONGUAY

Born: abt. 1868, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 22 November 1937, Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada

Married: Achille GAUVIN 21 February 1887

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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 — 1835
15 September 1835
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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.

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

1859 Marriage / Partner
Charles CASTONGUAY and Philomene OUELLET 24 January 1859, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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.