Antoine MARTIN

(b. 20 June 1807 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 11 August 1877 , Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle, Québec, Canada )

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Antoine MARTIN was born 20 June 1807 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Antoine MARTIN was the child of Joseph MARTIN and Marie-Charlotte TETRO (TETREAULT) dite DEMURANTS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MARTIN and Marie-Françoise PLANTE (maternal) Christophe TETREAU (TETREAULT) and Marguerite MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

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

Antoine married Marie-Angélique DUPONT 14 February 1832 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie-Angélique DUPONT was born 2 June 1810 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Angélique died 5 April 1858 in Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada . Marie-Angélique was the child of Pierre DUPONT and Françoise COTE.

Antoine MARTIN died 11 August 1877 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle, Québec, Canada.

Died at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle (Sainte-Anne-de-Stukely), Shefford, Québec, Canada

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Family and Children of Antoine MARTIN

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Antoine MARTIN married

Marie-Angélique DUPONT-- Date: 14 February 1832 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
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Marie-Angélique DUPONT was the child of Pierre DUPONT and Françoise COTE

14 Feb 1832
Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec

Antoine Martin, son of Joseph Martin and Charlotte Tetro

Angelique Dupont, daughter of Pierre Dupont and Francoise Cote

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Children of Antoine MARTIN and Marie-Angélique DUPONT:

Zoe MARTIN (b.13 January 1833, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. , )

Angélique MARTIN (b.abt. 1836, Saint-Dominique, Lower Canada d. , )

Antoine MARTIN (b.abt. 1838, Saint-Dominique, Lower Canada d. , )

François MARTIN (b.3 March 1839, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph-Helaine MARTIN (b.14 January 1841, Saint-Dominique, Canada East d. , )

Marie MARTIN (b.abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Sophie MARTIN (b.1 December 1844, Saint-Dominique, Canada East d. , )

Edwidge-Melvina MARTIN (b.4 March 1849, Saint-Dominique, Canada East d. , )

Isidore MARTIN (b.25 March 1851, Saint-Dominique, Canada East d. , )

Eugenie MARTIN (b.abt. 1852, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1807 Birth
20 June 1807
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

1807 Baptism
Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
21 Jun 1807

Antoine Martin, son of Joseph Martin and Charlotte Tetro Demeurants
Godparents: Antoine Martin and Marie Anne Tetro
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Antoine MARTIN and Marie-Angélique DUPONT 14 February 1832, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 24 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Zoe MARTIN was born 13 January 1833, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Antoine was 25 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)

1839 Birth of Child
François MARTIN was born 3 March 1839, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Antoine was 31 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Birth of Child
Joseph-Helaine MARTIN was born 14 January 1841, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 33 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Sophie MARTIN was born 1 December 1844, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 37 years old.

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)

1849 Birth of Child
Edwidge-Melvina MARTIN was born 4 March 1849, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 41 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Isidore MARTIN was born 25 March 1851, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 43 years old.

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.

1857 marriage of son
Francois Martin, son of Antoine Martin and Angelique Dupont, married Aurelie Casavan, daughter of Antoine Casavan and Marie Benoit 23 Feb 1857, page 131, notre dame du rosaire, saint hyacinthe

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Angélique DUPONT died 5 April 1858, Saint-Dominique, Québec, 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.