Pierre Carré (1742 - 1826)

Born 29 Jun 1742 in Sorel, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Marie-Josephte Chapdelaine — married 23 Feb 1778 in Saint-Ours, Richelieu, Quebec

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1826 at age 83 in Contrecoeur, Quebec, Canada

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Pierre Carré lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Biography

Pierre was baptized 29 June 1742.

He lived during the time (1816) of the "year without a summer" due to the cold summer weather caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora volcano the previous year. "On June 25, 1816, The Franklin Repository in Pennsylvania reported that snow blanketed the area. Around the same time, The Evening Post in New York described freezing temperatures and nearly a foot of snow. Farm animals in Vermont succumbed to the freezing temperatures as long-time residents said they’d never seen anything like it!" "As fall approached, the Hartford Courant noted that 1816 would go down in history because there had been frost every month of the year. European papers complained that constant rains had ruined crops and created a famine."

He passed away in 1826.

Besides daughters Josephte and Marie-Angelique, he also had five other children (who died young).

Sources

<http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Carre_Pierre&pid=928148&lng=fr/>

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/46210774/person/24021254002/facts?ssrc=