Augustin-Louis GODU

Born

15 October 1798 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Died

19 June 1886 , Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada

Augustin-Louis married Marie-Esther DELAGE 18 October 1825 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Esther DELAGE was born 5 November 1808 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . Marie-Esther died 25 March 1877 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada . Marie-Esther was the child of Michel DELAGE and Marie-Louise CASAVANT .

Parents & Family of Augustin-Louis GODU

Parents of Augustin-Louis GODU

Father

Augustin GODU

Mother

Geneviève HUS MILET (MILLET)

Grandparents of Augustin-Louis GODU

Paternal grandparents

Augustin GODU Anne MAGUET (MAILLET)

Maternal grandparents

Pierre-Amable-Claude HUS MILET (MILLET) Angélique HUS PAUL

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Augustin-Louis GODU

Augustin-Louis GODU married

Marie-Esther DELAGE
Marriage date: 18 October 1825
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Marie-Esther DELAGE was the child of Michel DELAGE and Marie-Louise CASAVANT

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

Children of Augustin-Louis GODU and Marie-Esther DELAGE

Mathilda GODU (GODDU)

Born: 11 November 1826, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1890, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Henri FREDETTE 15 October 1844 Place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

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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 — 1798
15 October 1798
Saint-Hyacinthe, 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

1825 Marriage / Partner
Augustin-Louis GODU and Marie-Esther DELAGE 18 October 1825, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 27 years old.

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

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

1826 Birth of Child
Mathilda GODU (GODDU) was born 11 November 1826, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Augustin-Louis was 28 years old.

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Mathilda GODU (GODDU) married 15 October 1844, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East to Henri FREDETTE

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.