Pierre ÉTHIER

(b. 10 August 1790 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 December 1845 , Repentigny, Canada East )

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Pierre ÉTHIER was born 10 August 1790 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre ÉTHIER was the child of François ÉTHIER and Marguerite BEAUDOIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul ÉTHIER and Angélique CHARBONNEAU (maternal) Joseph BEAUDOIN and Marie-Angélique MARTIN dite VERSAILLES

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

Pierre married Adelaide SÉVIGNY 25 November 1816 in Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 16 children.
Adelaide SÉVIGNY was born 24 July 1795 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Adelaide died 1 April 1861 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada. Adelaide was the child of Eustache SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Angélique-Monique ARCHAMBAULT.

Pierre ÉTHIER died 8 December 1845 in Repentigny, Canada East .

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Pierre ÉTHIER married

Adelaide SÉVIGNY-- Date: 25 November 1816 Place: Montréal, Lower Canada
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Adelaide SÉVIGNY was the child of Eustache SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Angélique-Monique ARCHAMBAULT

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Children of Pierre ÉTHIER and Adelaide SÉVIGNY:

Marie Adelaide (Adee) ÉTHIER (b.10 December 1818, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada d. 24 July 1847, Saint-Sulpice, Canada East)
m. Joseph BRÊME dit BOURDELAIS 21 February 1843 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Emilie ÉTHIER (b.13 November 1819, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. , )

Éléonore ÉTHIER (b.15 March 1821, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. 9 January 1904, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada)
m. Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU 21 February 1843 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Pierre ÉTHIER (b.6 October 1822, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Prescille DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE 29 September 1852 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

François-Xavier ÉTHIER (b.19 December 1823, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Odile PAYETTE dite ST-AMOUR 10 September 1849 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Octave ÉTHIER (b.3 June 1825, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. 12 May 1894, Repentigny, Québec, Canada )
m. Rosalie RICHARD 26 August 1851 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Henriette ÉTHIER (b.7 January 1827, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. 31 January 1886, Sainte-Julienne, Québec, Canada )

Henri ÉTHIER (b.21 February 1828, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. 23 February 1828, Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

Julie ÉTHIER (b.24 February 1829, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph ÉTHIER (b.6 March 1830, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. 5 July 1907, Westmeath, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada?)

Theophile ÉTHIER (b.22 May 1831, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie-Louise ÉTHIER (b.29 April 1833, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. abt. 1901, )
m. Henri-Cleophas MARTINEAU 5 September 1854 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

Josephine ÉTHIER (b.3 October 1834, Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada d. abt. 1900, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Antoine-Gustave LORD 9 May 1867 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marguerite-Seraphine ÉTHIER (b.12 August 1836, Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada d. 29 February 1904, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Louis BEAUDRY 1861 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Philomene ETHIER (b.17 December 1837, L'Assomption, Lower Canada d. 5 April 1848, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Canada East)

Alexandre (Alexis) ÉTHIER (HICKEY) (b.1 December 1839, L'Assomption, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie (Mary) BELANGER (BAKER) 16 April 1861

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1790 Birth
10 August 1790
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Baptism
L'Assomption

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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)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Pierre ÉTHIER and Adelaide SÉVIGNY 25 November 1816, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 26 years old.

1816 marriage

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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.

1818 Birth of Child
Marie Adelaide (Adee) ÉTHIER was born 10 December 1818, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Pierre was 28 years old.

1819 Birth of Child
Emilie ÉTHIER was born 13 November 1819, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Pierre was 29 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Éléonore ÉTHIER was born 15 March 1821, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Pierre was 30 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Pierre ÉTHIER was born 6 October 1822, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Pierre was 32 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
François-Xavier ÉTHIER was born 19 December 1823, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Pierre was 33 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Octave ÉTHIER was born 3 June 1825, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Pierre was 34 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Henriette ÉTHIER was born 7 January 1827, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Pierre was 36 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Henri ÉTHIER was born 21 February 1828, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Pierre was 37 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Julie ÉTHIER was born 24 February 1829, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Pierre was 38 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Joseph ÉTHIER was born 6 March 1830, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Pierre was 39 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Theophile ÉTHIER was born 22 May 1831, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Pierre was 40 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise ÉTHIER was born 29 April 1833, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Pierre was 42 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Josephine ÉTHIER was born 3 October 1834, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 44 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Seraphine ÉTHIER was born 12 August 1836, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 46 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1837 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene ETHIER was born 17 December 1837, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 47 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Alexandre (Alexis) ÉTHIER (HICKEY) was born 1 December 1839, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 49 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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Éléonore ÉTHIER married 21 February 1843, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU

1843 Marriage of Child
Marie Adelaide (Adee) ÉTHIER married 21 February 1843, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Joseph BRÊME dit BOURDELAIS