Marie-Genevieve ROBIN

Born

23 June 1780 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

13 December 1849 , Montmagny, Canada East

Parents & Family of Marie-Genevieve ROBIN

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Born: 23 June 1780 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Marie-Genevieve ROBIN

Father

Alexis ROBIN

Mother

Genevieve LAMY dite ORESTEILLE

Grandparents of Marie-Genevieve ROBIN

Paternal grandparents

François ROBIN Marie COURTEAU

Maternal grandparents

Mathieu ORESTEILLE dit LAMY Elisabeth METIVIER

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

Marie-Genevieve married Augustin BLAIS 27 September 1831 in Montmagny, Lower Canada . Augustin BLAIS was born 2 May 1761 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada. Augustin died 15 August 1844 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East. Augustin was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Charlotte LEBLONDE (LEBLOND).

Marie-Genevieve ROBIN died 13 December 1849 in Montmagny, Canada East .

m. Blais Augustin
m. Gaze Francois-Toussain

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Genevieve ROBIN

Marie-Genevieve ROBIN married

Augustin BLAIS
Marriage date: 27 September 1831
Marriage place: Montmagny, Lower Canada
Augustin BLAIS was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Charlotte LEBLONDE (LEBLOND)

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

Children of Augustin BLAIS and Marie-Genevieve ROBIN

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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 — 1780
23 June 1780
Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

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 - 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve ROBIN and Augustin BLAIS 27 September 1831, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 51 years old.

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)