Cyrille CHAREST

(b. 22 October 1805 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada d. 9 October 1871 , Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada )

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Cyrille CHAREST was born 22 October 1805 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Cyrille CHAREST was the child of Barthelemy CHAREST and Elisabeth COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Barthelemy CHAREST (CHORET) and Marie-Josephe GUÉRET dite DUMONT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste COTE and Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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

Cyrille married Helene BUTLER 24 November 1831 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Helene BUTLER was born abt. 1815 Helene died 28 February 1897 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay).

Cyrille CHAREST died 9 October 1871 in Rivière-du-Loup, 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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Cyrille CHAREST married

Helene BUTLER-- Date: 24 November 1831 Place: Québec, Lower Canada
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Children of Cyrille CHAREST and Helene BUTLER:

Caroline CHAREST (b.24 May 1846, Cacouna, Canada East d. 16 February 1911, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Achille TREMBLAY 27 July 1869 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

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1805 Birth
22 October 1805
L'Isle-Verte, Lower 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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage / Partner
Cyrille CHAREST and Helene BUTLER 24 November 1831, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 26 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)

1846 Birth of Child
Caroline CHAREST was born 24 May 1846, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

Cyrille was 40 years old.

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.