Jean-Baptiste GODIN

Born

12 January 1807 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

28 April 1885 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste GODIN

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Born: 12 January 1807 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Parents of Jean-Baptiste GODIN

Father

Etienne GODIN

Mother

Elisabeth BARITEAU

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste GODIN

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Marie GODIN Marthe OUABART dite LANGLAIS (OUABARD)

Maternal grandparents

Hyacinthe BARITEAU Genevieve MONBLEAU dite LATULIPPE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Cecile LECUYER 25 January 1836 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cecile LECUYER was born 25 August 1811 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Cecile died 18 January 1888 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada . Cecile was the child of André LÉCUYER and Louise HÉBERT.

Jean-Baptiste GODIN died 28 April 1885 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste GODIN

Jean-Baptiste GODIN married

Cecile LECUYER
Marriage date: 25 January 1836
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Cecile LECUYER was the child of André LÉCUYER and Louise HÉBERT

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste GODIN and Cecile LECUYER

Edwidge GODIN

Born: abt. 1834, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexandre TREMBLAY 21 August 1854 Place: La Prairie, 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 — 1807
12 January 1807
La Prairie, Lower 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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GODIN and Cecile LECUYER 25 January 1836, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 29 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)

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Edwidge GODIN married 21 August 1854, La Prairie, Canada East to Alexandre TREMBLAY

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.