Charles POIRIER

Born

21 March 1832 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

3 October 1899 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

Charles married Theotiste ALLARD 16 January 1855 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theotiste ALLARD was born abt. 1835 in Québec Province, Canada. Theotiste was the child of Pierre ALLARD and Theotiste DUFAULT .

Parents & Family of Charles POIRIER

Parents of Charles POIRIER

Father

Pierre POIRIER

Mother

Marie-Louise PELOQUIN

Grandparents of Charles POIRIER

Paternal grandparents

François POIRIER Louise LAGUERCE

Maternal grandparents

Joseph PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX Marie-Louise HUS MILLET

m. Théotiste Allard
16 JAN 1855 in Sorel, Richelieu, Québec

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charles POIRIER

Charles POIRIER married

Theotiste ALLARD
Marriage date: 16 January 1855
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Theotiste ALLARD was the child of Pierre ALLARD and Theotiste DUFAULT

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

Children of Charles POIRIER and Theotiste ALLARD

Marie POIRIER

Born: abt. 1862, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Felix TESSIER 10 April 1883 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

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
21 March 1832
Sorel, 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 POIRIER and Theotiste ALLARD 16 January 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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.