Charles ROCHON

(b. 20 June 1785 , Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 November 1871 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Charles ROCHON was born 20 June 1785 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada

Charles ROCHON was the child of François ROCHON and Charlotte PRESSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François ROCHON and Marie-Charlotte GINGRAS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PRESSEAU dit FABIEN and Marie-Louise LABELLE

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

Charles married Felicite MEILLEUR 11 November 1816 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite MEILLEUR was born 16 November 1797 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Felicite died 5 June 1840 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Felicite was the child of Jean-Baptiste MEILLEUR and Thérèse BOUCHER.

Charles ROCHON died 15 November 1871 in Québec Province, 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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Family and Children of Charles ROCHON

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Charles ROCHON married

Felicite MEILLEUR-- Date: 11 November 1816 Place: Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
Felicite MEILLEUR was the child of Jean-Baptiste MEILLEUR and Thérèse BOUCHER

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Children of Charles ROCHON and Felicite MEILLEUR:

Charles ROCHON (b.15 August 1817, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Catherine MONET 8 November 1841 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1785 Birth
20 June 1785
Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Charles ROCHON and Felicite MEILLEUR 11 November 1816, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Charles ROCHON was born 15 August 1817, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Charles was 32 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

1840 Death of Spouse/Partner
Felicite MEILLEUR died 5 June 1840, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Marriage of Child
Charles ROCHON married 8 November 1841, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada to Catherine MONET

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

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.