Josephte DENIS

Born

6 September 1797 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Died

24 July 1870 , Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

Josephte married Augustin MORIN 10 August 1819 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin MORIN was born 6 December 1797 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada. Augustin died 5 December 1870 in Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada. Augustin was the child of Louis MORIN and Ursule GAUDREAU .

Parents & Family of Josephte DENIS

Parents of Josephte DENIS

Father

Louis DENIS dit LAPIERRE

Mother

Josephte TURGEON

Grandparents of Josephte DENIS

Paternal grandparents

Nicolas DENIS dit LAPIERRE Charlotte ISABELLE

Maternal grandparents

Jean TURGEON Louise LECOUR

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Josephte DENIS

Josephte DENIS married

Augustin MORIN
Marriage date: 10 August 1819
Marriage place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Augustin MORIN was the child of Louis MORIN and Ursule GAUDREAU

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Augustin MORIN and Josephte DENIS

Augustin MORIN

Born: abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Adelaide LACASSE 27 January 1846

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1797
6 September 1797
Saint-Gervais, 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
Josephte DENIS and Augustin MORIN 10 August 1819, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

She 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.