Clotilde GELINEAU

(b. 24 March 1812 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 21 September 1834 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Clotilde GELINEAU was born 24 March 1812 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Clotilde GELINEAU was the child of Louis-Daniel GELINEAU and Marie-Charlotte TESSIER dite LAVIGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Daniel-Louis GELINEAU and Marie-Anne ROBERT (maternal) Jacques TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Françoise LAPORTE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Clotilde married Charles-David BENAC dit CHARTIER 16 October 1827 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles-David BENAC dit CHARTIER was born 7 September 1804 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Charles-David died 8 February 1858 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester). Charles-David was the child of Joseph BENAC dit CHARTIER and Louise LAVOIE.

Clotilde GELINEAU died 21 September 1834 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 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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Clotilde GELINEAU married

Charles-David BENAC dit CHARTIER-- Date: 16 October 1827 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
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Charles-David BENAC dit CHARTIER was the child of Joseph BENAC dit CHARTIER and Louise LAVOIE

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Children of Charles-David BENAC dit CHARTIER and Clotilde GELINEAU:

David BENAC dit CHARTIER (b.10 December 1829, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 8 February 1858, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )
m. Elmire HEBERT 27 April 1852 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1812 Birth
24 March 1812
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Clotilde GELINEAU and Charles-David BENAC dit CHARTIER 16 October 1827, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 15 years old.

1827 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
David BENAC dit CHARTIER was born 10 December 1829, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Clotilde was 17 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England