Nicholas Charles SHORKEY (CHARTIER)

Born

23 December 1817 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*

Died

9 June 1889 , Whiting, Vermont, USA

Age: 73

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Joseph CHARTIER Thérèse LAGARDE (BELLEGARDE)

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Born: 23 December 1817 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*

Father: Joseph CHARTIER

Mother: Thérèse LAGARDE (BELLEGARDE)

Paternal grandparents: Joseph CHARTIER , Marie-Anne GODARD dite LAPOINTE

Maternal grandparents: Etienne BELLEGARDE (BELGARDE) , Marie PROVOST (PREVOST)

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Nicholas Charles married Angelique DAGNEAU 5 July 1842 in Mascouche, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique DAGNEAU was born 1 October 1821 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Angelique died 21 March 1904 in Whiting, Vermont, USA. Angelique was the child of Francois DAGNEAU and Angelique LAMOUREAUX.

Nicholas Charles SHORKEY (CHARTIER) died 9 June 1889 in Whiting, Vermont, USA.

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Spouse & Children of Nicholas Charles SHORKEY (CHARTIER)

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Nicholas Charles SHORKEY (CHARTIER) married

Angelique DAGNEAU
Marriage date: 5 July 1842
Marriage place: Mascouche, Canada East
Angelique DAGNEAU was the child of Francois DAGNEAU and Angelique LAMOUREAUX

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Children of Nicholas Charles SHORKEY (CHARTIER) and Angelique DAGNEAU

Mary SHORKEY

Born: 29 November 1861, Whiting, Vermont, USA
Died: 23 August 1900, Pittsford, Vermont, USA

Married: Clifford DEROSIER (DEROSIA) 24 November 1885 Place: Whiting, Vermont, USA

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Birth — 1817
23 December 1817
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1842 Marriage / Partner
Nicholas Charles SHORKEY (CHARTIER) and Angelique DAGNEAU 5 July 1842, Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

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

1861 Birth of Child
Mary SHORKEY was born 29 November 1861, Whiting, Vermont, USA

Nicholas Charles was 43 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

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.

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)