Charlotte BERTRAND

(b. abt. 1803 , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1871 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Charlotte BERTRAND was born abt. 1803 in Québec Province, Canada

Charlotte BERTRAND was the child of Simon BERTRAND and Ursule GALIPEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BERTRAND and Marie-Louise DUMOCHEL (maternal) Charles GALIPEAU and Ursule BROUILLET

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

Charlotte married Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE) 19 August 1823 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE) was born 27 March 1804 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Pierre died 17 February 1879 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Pierre was the child of Jean-Marie VINCELET dit LABOSSIERE and Marie-Brigitte GUYON.

Charlotte BERTRAND died abt. 1871 in Québec Province, 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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Charlotte BERTRAND married

Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE)-- Date: 19 August 1823 Place: Chambly, Lower Canada
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Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE) was the child of Jean-Marie VINCELET dit LABOSSIERE and Marie-Brigitte GUYON

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Children of Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE) and Charlotte BERTRAND:

Édouard VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) (b.23 July 1830, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. 8 December 1893, Montague, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Armena "Hermenie" RACICOT 28 January 1851 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

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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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte BERTRAND and Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE) 19 August 1823, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

1823 marriage

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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

1830 Birth of Child
Édouard VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) was born 23 July 1830, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Édouard VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) married 28 January 1851, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire) to Armena "Hermenie" RACICOT

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.