Claude HUS MILET (MILLET)

Born

4 September 1785 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

25 June 1878 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Claude married Marie DUMAS 9 October 1809 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie DUMAS was born abt. 1788 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie died 6 June 1881 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of François-Paul DUMAS and Marie-Louise VANDAL .

Parents & Family of Claude HUS MILET (MILLET)

Parents of Claude HUS MILET (MILLET)

Father

Charles HUS MILET (MILLET)

Mother

Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Grandparents of Claude HUS MILET (MILLET)

Paternal grandparents

Claude HUS MILET (MILLET) Marie-Françoise MANDEVILLE

Maternal grandparents

Michel PELLETIER dit ANTAYA Marie-Louise LETENDRE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Claude HUS MILET (MILLET)

Claude HUS MILET (MILLET) married

Marie DUMAS
Marriage date: 9 October 1809
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marie DUMAS was the child of François-Paul DUMAS and Marie-Louise VANDAL

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

Children of Claude HUS MILET (MILLET) and Marie DUMAS

Marie HUS MILET (MILLET)

Born: 30 July 1810, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 5 January 1845, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East

Married: Ignace TESSIER 5 July 1831 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada

Maxime HUS MILET (MILLET)

Born: 12 June 1814, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 18 July 1859, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East

Married: Marie DUFAULT 2 February 1841 Place: Sorel, Canada East

Olivier HUS MILLET

Born: 18 December 1818, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 19 March 1865, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East

Married: Judith ETHIER 5 September 1843 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East

Edouard HUS MILLET

Born: 20 August 1833, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louise DESAUTELS 12 October 1857 Place: Saint-Ours, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1785
4 September 1785
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Claude HUS MILET (MILLET) and Marie DUMAS 9 October 1809, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 24 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Marie HUS MILET (MILLET) was born 30 July 1810, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Claude was 24 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Maxime HUS MILET (MILLET) was born 12 June 1814, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Claude was 28 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
Olivier HUS MILLET was born 18 December 1818, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Claude was 33 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

1831 Marriage of Child
Marie HUS MILET (MILLET) married 5 July 1831, Sorel, Lower Canada to Ignace TESSIER

1833 Birth of Child
Edouard HUS MILLET was born 20 August 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Claude was 47 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Maxime HUS MILET (MILLET) married 2 February 1841, Sorel, Canada East to Marie DUFAULT

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Olivier HUS MILLET married 5 September 1843, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East to Judith ETHIER

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Death of Child
Marie HUS MILET (MILLET) died 5 January 1845, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Claude was 59 years old.

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Edouard HUS MILLET married 12 October 1857, Saint-Ours, Canada East to Louise DESAUTELS

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Death of Child
Maxime HUS MILET (MILLET) died 18 July 1859, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Claude was 73 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Death of Child
Olivier HUS MILLET died 19 March 1865, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Claude was 79 years old.

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.