Charles TOUGAS

(b. 28 November 1773 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 July 1870 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada )

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Charles TOUGAS was born 28 November 1773 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Charles TOUGAS was the child of Charles TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE and Charlotte CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Catherine DENIGER (maternal) Jean CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET and Charlotte GOYAU dite LAGARDE

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

Charles married Marie-Anne BROSSARD 23 November 1801 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne BROSSARD was born 8 August 1777 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Anne died 8 November 1849 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Anne was the child of Paul BROSSARD and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE.

Charles TOUGAS died 28 July 1870 in La Prairie, 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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Charles TOUGAS married

Marie-Anne BROSSARD-- Date: 23 November 1801 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne BROSSARD was the child of Paul BROSSARD and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE

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Children of Charles TOUGAS and Marie-Anne BROSSARD:

Josette TOUGAS (b.4 August 1805, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 8 May 1867, Saint-Rémi, Canada East )
m. Louis BAZINET 1 March 1824 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

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1773 Birth
28 November 1773
La Prairie, 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)

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

1801 Marriage / Partner
Charles TOUGAS and Marie-Anne BROSSARD 23 November 1801, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 28 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Josette TOUGAS was born 4 August 1805, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Charles was 31 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Marriage of Child
Josette TOUGAS married 1 March 1824, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada to Louis BAZINET

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)

1849 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne BROSSARD died 8 November 1849, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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.

1867 Death of Child
Josette TOUGAS died 8 May 1867, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Charles was 93 years old.