Joseph CHARTIER

Born

5 April 1774 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada*

Died

29 March 1867 , Mascouche, Canada East

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Joseph CHARTIER Marie-Anne GODARD dite LAPOINTE

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Born: 5 April 1774 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada*

Father: Joseph CHARTIER

Mother: Marie-Anne GODARD dite LAPOINTE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph CHARTIER , Marie-Josephte BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE

Maternal grandparents: Antoine GODARD , Madeleine DUBOIS

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Joseph married Thérèse LAGARDE (BELLEGARDE) 4 November 1799 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse LAGARDE (BELLEGARDE) was born 15 November 1781 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Thérèse died 8 May 1859 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Thérèse was the child of Etienne BELLEGARDE (BELGARDE) and Marie PROVOST (PREVOST).

Joseph CHARTIER died 29 March 1867 in Mascouche, Canada East .
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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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Thérèse LAGARDE (BELLEGARDE)
Marriage date: 4 November 1799
Marriage place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*

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Thérèse LAGARDE (BELLEGARDE) was the child of Etienne BELLEGARDE (BELGARDE) and Marie PROVOST (PREVOST)

Children of Joseph CHARTIER and Thérèse LAGARDE (BELLEGARDE)

Nicholas Charles SHORKEY (CHARTIER)

Born: 23 December 1817, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*
Died: 9 June 1889, Whiting, Vermont, USA

Married: Angelique DAGNEAU 5 July 1842 Place: Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

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Birth — 1774
5 April 1774
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada*

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.

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)

1799 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CHARTIER and Thérèse LAGARDE (BELLEGARDE) 4 November 1799, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

He was 25 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Nicholas Charles SHORKEY (CHARTIER) was born 23 December 1817, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Joseph was 43 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

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 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage of Child
Nicholas Charles SHORKEY (CHARTIER) married 5 July 1842, Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche) to Angelique DAGNEAU

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.

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