Joseph Jean Charles LEGER

(b. 19 March 1808 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1 August 1884 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Joseph Jean Charles LEGER was born 19 March 1808 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Joseph Jean Charles LEGER was the child of Cyrille LEGER and Marie Vénérande SAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Olivier LEGER and Marie Josephte HEBERT (maternal) François SAVOIE and Anne POIRIER

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Joseph Jean Charles married Marguerite THERIAULT 11 November 1828 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite THERIAULT was born abt. 1804 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Marguerite died 23 April 1885 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Pierre THERIAULT (THERIOT) and Marguerite PINET.

Joseph Jean Charles LEGER died 1 August 1884 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Joseph Jean Charles LEGER married

Marguerite THERIAULT-- Date: 11 November 1828 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Marguerite THERIAULT was the child of Pierre THERIAULT (THERIOT) and Marguerite PINET

Children of Joseph Jean Charles LEGER and Marguerite THERIAULT:

Caroline LEGER (b.15 April 1833, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 10 March 1902, Paquetville, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Charles LEGER 11 January 1854 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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1808 Birth
19 March 1808
Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Jean Charles LEGER and Marguerite THERIAULT 11 November 1828, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Caroline LEGER was born 15 April 1833, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Joseph Jean Charles was 25 years old.

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Caroline LEGER married 11 January 1854, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Charles LEGER

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.