Charles POIRIER

(b. 9 May 1787 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 October 1840 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Charles POIRIER was born 9 May 1787 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Charles POIRIER was the child of Henri-Amable POIRIER and Isabelle BOUDREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre POIRIER and Charlotte LAGUE (maternal) Charles BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Madeleine CLOUATRE

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

Charles married Sophie LANOUE 18 August 1829 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie LANOUE was born 14 March 1806 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Sophie died 5 January 1860 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Sophie was the child of Joseph-Jacques LANOUE and Anastasie DUPUIS.

Charles POIRIER died 27 October 1840 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower 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 POIRIER married

Sophie LANOUE-- Date: 18 August 1829 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Sophie LANOUE was the child of Joseph-Jacques LANOUE and Anastasie DUPUIS

On 18 August 1829 in L'Acadie, Sophie's first marriage to Charles Poirier. Present was: His father Joseph

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Children of Charles POIRIER and Sophie LANOUE:

Sophie POIRIER (b.16 May 1835, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 18 December 1884, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre CHARBONNEAU 21 February 1854 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

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1787 Birth
9 May 1787
L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Charles POIRIER and Sophie LANOUE 18 August 1829, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 42 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Birth of Child
Sophie POIRIER was born 16 May 1835, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Charles was 48 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)