Augustin MORIN

(b. 6 December 1797 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 5 December 1870 , Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada )

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Augustin MORIN was born 6 December 1797 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Augustin MORIN was the child of Louis MORIN and Ursule GAUDREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MORIN and Thérèse QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME (maternal) Ignace GAUDREAU and Ursule MERCIER

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Augustin married Josephte DENIS 10 August 1819 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Josephte DENIS was born 6 September 1797 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Josephte died 24 July 1870 in Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Louis DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Josephte TURGEON.

Augustin MORIN died 5 December 1870 in Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada.
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Augustin MORIN married

Josephte DENIS-- Date: 10 August 1819 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Josephte DENIS was the child of Louis DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Josephte TURGEON

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Children of Augustin MORIN and Josephte DENIS:

Augustin MORIN (b.abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Adelaide LACASSE 27 January 1846

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1797 Birth
6 December 1797
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Augustin MORIN and Josephte DENIS 10 August 1819, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

He was 21 years old.

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 - 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.

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.