Joseph FRECHETTE

Born

2 April 1786 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

25 April 1869 , St Pierre, Manitoba, Canada

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Louis FRECHETTE Marie-Thecle DUBOIS

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Born: 2 April 1786 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis FRECHETTE

Mother: Marie-Thecle DUBOIS

Paternal grandparents: Étienne FRECHETTE , Marie-Anne DUPERE

Maternal grandparents: Charles DUBOIS , Marie-Françoise HOUDE

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

Joseph married Marie RICHARD 10 October 1814 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie RICHARD was born abt. 1797 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marie died 7 June 1821 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Joseph RICHARD and Marie-Archange DECELLES dite DUCLOS.

Joseph married (2) Sophie NOLIN 14 February 1825 in Iberville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie NOLIN was born 16 August 1808 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Sophie was the child of Charles NOLIN and Archange MORIN.

Joseph FRECHETTE died 25 April 1869 in St Pierre, Manitoba, Canada .
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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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Joseph FRECHETTE married

Marie RICHARD
Marriage date: 10 October 1814
Marriage place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

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Marie RICHARD was the child of Joseph RICHARD and Marie-Archange DECELLES dite DUCLOS

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Children of Joseph FRECHETTE and Marie RICHARD

Eusebe FRECHETTE

Born: 28 December 1815, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: 2 April 1889, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Virginie DEMERS 13 July 1846 Place: Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Lucie Marie FRECHETTE

Born: 23 September 1818, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: 7 October 1850, Mackinac Island, Mackinac, Michigan, USA

Married: François METIVIER 20 October 1845 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Marie-Eleonore FRECHETTE

Born: 5 February 1821, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: 2 May 1868,

Married: Louis-Gedeon GIROUX 11 October 1842 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Joseph FRECHETTE married

Sophie NOLIN
Marriage date: 14 February 1825
Marriage place: Iberville, Lower Canada

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Sophie NOLIN was the child of Charles NOLIN and Archange MORIN

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Children of Joseph FRECHETTE and Sophie NOLIN

Marie Mathilde FRECHETTE

Born: 12 January 1837, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 1 January 1920, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Birth — 1786
2 April 1786
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

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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)

1814 Marriage / Partner
Joseph FRECHETTE and Marie RICHARD 10 October 1814, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Eusebe FRECHETTE was born 28 December 1815, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Joseph 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Lucie Marie FRECHETTE was born 23 September 1818, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 32 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Marie-Eleonore FRECHETTE was born 5 February 1821, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 34 years old.

1821 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie RICHARD died 7 June 1821, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Joseph FRECHETTE and Sophie NOLIN 14 February 1825, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

He was 38 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie Mathilde FRECHETTE was born 12 January 1837, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Joseph was 50 years old.

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Marie-Eleonore FRECHETTE married 11 October 1842, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Louis-Gedeon GIROUX

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Lucie Marie FRECHETTE married 20 October 1845, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to François METIVIER

1846 Marriage of Child
Eusebe FRECHETTE married 13 July 1846, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury) to Virginie DEMERS

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Death of Child
Lucie Marie FRECHETTE died 7 October 1850, Mackinac Island, Mackinac, Michigan, USA

Joseph was 64 years old.

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.