William CHRISTIE

(b. 7 April 1815 , Petit-Rocher, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. April 1881 , Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada )

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William CHRISTIE was born 7 April 1815 in Petit-Rocher, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

William CHRISTIE was the child of William CHRISTIE and Francoise VIENNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) William CHRISTIE and Anne WALSH (maternal) Jean Baptiste Joseph VIENNEAU and Madeleine LEJEUNE

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William married Tharsille ARSENEAU 27 November 1839 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Tharsille ARSENEAU was born 19 November 1822 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada (Nepisiguit) (Nipisiguit). Tharsille was the child of Isidore ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Victoire DUGUAY.

William CHRISTIE died April 1881 in Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.
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William CHRISTIE married

Tharsille ARSENEAU-- Date: 27 November 1839 Place: Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Tharsille ARSENEAU was the child of Isidore ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Victoire DUGUAY

Children of William CHRISTIE and Tharsille ARSENEAU:

Philomene CHRISTIE (b.2 March 1844, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 7 November 1868 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada (Nepisiguit) (Nipisiguit)

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1815 Birth
7 April 1815
Petit-Rocher, 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)

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
William CHRISTIE and Tharsille ARSENEAU 27 November 1839, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada (Nepisiguit) (Nipisiguit)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Philomene CHRISTIE was born 2 March 1844, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada (Nepisiguit) (Nipisiguit)

William was 28 years old.

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

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.