Jacques ÉTHIER

Born

28 November 1818 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

5 February 1901 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Jacques ÉTHIER

Parents

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Born: 28 November 1818 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Parents of Jacques ÉTHIER

Father

Louis ÉTHIER

Mother

Judith HUS COURNOYER

Grandparents of Jacques ÉTHIER

Paternal grandparents

Louis ÉTHIER Marie-Thérèse VANDAL

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste HUS COURNOYER Marie LETENDRE

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

Jacques married Marie PÉLOQUIN 10 August 1841 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie PÉLOQUIN was born abt. 1821 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie died 7 October 1903 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Pierre PELOQUIN and Marie-Angélique LAVALLÉE.

Jacques ÉTHIER died 5 February 1901 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jacques ÉTHIER

Jacques ÉTHIER married

Marie PÉLOQUIN
Marriage date: 10 August 1841
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Marie PÉLOQUIN was the child of Pierre PELOQUIN and Marie-Angélique LAVALLÉE

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

Children of Jacques ÉTHIER and Marie PÉLOQUIN

Paul ÉTHIER

Born: abt. 1846, , Canada
Died: 9 May 1921, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Rose-Delima PELOQUIN 15 August 1876 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Felix ÉTHIER

Born: 2 March 1852, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: abt. 1942,

Married: Esther PELOQUIN 9 November 1875 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1818
28 November 1818
Sorel, Lower Canada

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)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Marriage / Partner
Jacques ÉTHIER and Marie PÉLOQUIN 10 August 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.

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.

1852 Birth of Child
Felix ÉTHIER was born 2 March 1852, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 33 years old.

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.