Germain GOGUEN

(b. abt. 1785 , Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada d. 10 February 1868 , Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Germain GOGUEN was born abt. 1785 in Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada

Germain GOGUEN was the child of Jean Baptiste GOGUEN and Marie Madeleine THIBODEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GOGUEN and Anne Nanon ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) (maternal) Germain THIBODEAU and Marie Blanche PREJEAN

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Germain married Henriette THIBODEAU 25 July 1808 in Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henriette THIBODEAU was born abt. 1784 in New Brunswick, Canada. Henriette died 7 March 1862 in Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada. Henriette was the child of Firmin Gregoire THIBODEAU and Isabelle BABINEAU.

Germain GOGUEN died 10 February 1868 in Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Germain GOGUEN married

Henriette THIBODEAU-- Date: 25 July 1808 Place: Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada
Henriette THIBODEAU was the child of Firmin Gregoire THIBODEAU and Isabelle BABINEAU

Children of Germain GOGUEN and Henriette THIBODEAU:

Appoline GOGUEN (b.1 January 1824, Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada d. 24 October 1901, Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Laurent CORMIER 12 October 1842 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

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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)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Germain GOGUEN and Henriette THIBODEAU 25 July 1808, Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada

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)

1824 Birth of Child
Appoline GOGUEN was born 1 January 1824, Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Appoline GOGUEN married 12 October 1842, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada to Laurent CORMIER

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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Henriette THIBODEAU died 7 March 1862, Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada

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.