Charles MATHIEU

(b. 20 May 1747 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1800 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Charles MATHIEU was born 20 May 1747 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Charles MATHIEU was the child of Charles MATHIEU and Thérèse DUFRESNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) René MATHIEU and Geneviève ROUSSIN (maternal) Guillaume DUFRESNE and Geneviève RUEL

Charles had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Charles married Marie-Charlotte LETOURNEAU 1 February 1773 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Charlotte LETOURNEAU was born 24 March 1754 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte died 26 April 1807 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte was the child of Antoine LETOURNEAU and Marie-Anne LEBLOND.

Charles MATHIEU died 14 April 1800 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower 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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Charles MATHIEU married

Marie-Charlotte LETOURNEAU-- Date: 1 February 1773 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Charlotte LETOURNEAU was the child of Antoine LETOURNEAU and Marie-Anne LEBLOND

Children of Charles MATHIEU and Marie-Charlotte LETOURNEAU:

François-Hyacinthe MATHIEU (b.17 May 1776, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 March 1846, Iberville, Canada East )
m. Marie-Louise MORIN 22 September 1801 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Angelique MATHIEU (b.7 September 1781, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 October 1829, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre BEAUDOIN 14 November 1797 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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1747 Birth
20 May 1747
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Charles MATHIEU and Marie-Charlotte LETOURNEAU 1 February 1773, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

Revolutionary War
MATHIEU,Charles, fils. St-Pierre-du—Sud. Fought for the Americans at Michel Blais' house (BTW).
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1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1776 Birth of Child
François-Hyacinthe MATHIEU was born 17 May 1776, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Charles was 29 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Angelique MATHIEU was born 7 September 1781, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Charles was 34 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Marriage of Child
Angelique MATHIEU married 14 November 1797, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Pierre BEAUDOIN