Charles FORTIER

Born

15 July 1832 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

Died

27 August 1907 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

Charles married Ursule DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE 12 February 1855 in Sainte-Flavie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE was born 15 December 1833 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . Ursule was the child of Louis DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie ROSS .

Parents & Family of Charles FORTIER

Parents of Charles FORTIER

Father

Charles FORTIER

Mother

Luce MCINTYRE

Grandparents of Charles FORTIER

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste FORTIER Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS

Maternal grandparents

Jean Auguste MCINTYRE Marie-Louise CHARLAND

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charles FORTIER

Charles FORTIER married

Ursule DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE
Marriage date: 12 February 1855
Marriage place: Sainte-Flavie, Canada East
Ursule DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE was the child of Louis DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie ROSS

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

Children of Charles FORTIER and Ursule DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE

Antoinette-Philômène FORTIER

Born: 19 September 1878, Rimouski, Québec, Canada
Died: 14 July 1966, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Married: Mazenod PELLETIER 14 October 1898 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1832
15 July 1832
Rimouski, 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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Charles FORTIER and Ursule DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE 12 February 1855, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Birth of Child
Antoinette-Philômène FORTIER was born 19 September 1878, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Charles was 46 years old.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1898 Marriage of Child
Antoinette-Philômène FORTIER married 14 October 1898, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Mazenod PELLETIER

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.