Jacques ÉTHIER

(b. 28 November 1818 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 5 February 1901 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Jacques ÉTHIER was born 28 November 1818 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Jacques ÉTHIER was the child of Louis ÉTHIER and Judith HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis ÉTHIER and Marie-Thérèse VANDAL (maternal) Jean-Baptiste HUS COURNOYER and Marie LETENDRE

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

Jacques married Marie PÉLOQUIN 10 August 1841 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie PÉLOQUIN was born abt. 1821 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 7 October 1903 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Pierre PELOQUIN and Marie-Angélique LAVALLÉE.

Jacques ÉTHIER died 5 February 1901 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Jacques ÉTHIER

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Jacques ÉTHIER married

Marie PÉLOQUIN-- Date: 10 August 1841 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Marie PÉLOQUIN was the child of Pierre PELOQUIN and Marie-Angélique LAVALLÉE

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Children of Jacques ÉTHIER and Marie PÉLOQUIN:

Paul ÉTHIER (b.abt. 1846, , Canada d. 9 May 1921, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Rose-Delima PELOQUIN 15 August 1876 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Felix ÉTHIER (b.2 March 1852, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East d. abt. 1942, )
m. Esther PELOQUIN 9 November 1875 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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1818 Birth
28 November 1818
Sorel, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Jacques ÉTHIER and Marie PÉLOQUIN 10 August 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.

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.

1852 Birth of Child
Felix ÉTHIER was born 2 March 1852, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 33 years old.

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.