Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER

(b. 13 June 1792 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 3 February 1879 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER was born 13 June 1792 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER was the child of Charles POIRIER and Anne Jeanne BOURG and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles POIRIER and Madeleine LANDRY (maternal) Joseph BOURG and Catherine COMEAU

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Charles Boromee Carolus married Geneviève LEGER 25 November 1817 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . Geneviève LEGER was born abt. 1796 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Geneviève died 15 April 1861 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Geneviève was the child of Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE and Claire-Félicité ROBICHAUD.

Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER died 3 February 1879 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER was a Milicien.

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Geneviève LEGER-- Date: 25 November 1817 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Geneviève LEGER was the child of Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE and Claire-Félicité ROBICHAUD

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1792 Birth
13 June 1792
Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism
1 July 1792 • parish of Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens Catholic Church, Caraquet, New Brunswick
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1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

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

1817 Marriage / Partner
Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER and Geneviève LEGER 25 November 1817, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 25 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

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève LEGER died 15 April 1861, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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.