Charlotte BARRE

(b. 8 August 1789 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 September 1868 , Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada )

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Charlotte BARRE was born 8 August 1789 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Charlotte BARRE was the child of Charles-Louis BARRE and Marie-Louise MONTY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BARRE and Marie-Agathe LAROCQUE (maternal) Gaspard MONTY and Thérèse-Louise DESNOYERS dite DESMARAIS

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

Charlotte married Antoine BENOIT 11 August 1806 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine BENOIT was born abt. 1780 Antoine died 27 November 1859 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Antoine was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Josephte GAUTHIER.

Charlotte BARRE died 24 September 1868 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, 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 Charlotte BARRE

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Charlotte BARRE married

Antoine BENOIT-- Date: 11 August 1806 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Antoine BENOIT was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Josephte GAUTHIER

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Children of Antoine BENOIT and Charlotte BARRE:

Celeste BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS (b.12 October 1819, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada d. 4 December 1883, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada )
m. Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX 17 February 1846 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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1789 Birth
8 August 1789
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte BARRE and Antoine BENOIT 11 August 1806, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

She was 17 years old.

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Celeste BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS was born 12 October 1819, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Charlotte was 30 years old.

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

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Celeste BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS married 17 February 1846, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX

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

1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Antoine BENOIT died 27 November 1859, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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.