Joseph MORIN

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14 August 1827 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

29 May 1871 , Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada

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Born: 14 August 1827 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Joseph married Sophie LEMERISE 28 January 1862 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Sophie LEMERISE was born 18 August 1833 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Sophie died 19 January 1911 in Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada. Sophie was the child of Francois LEFEBVRE dit LEMERISE and Marie-Anne CAYA.

Joseph MORIN died 29 May 1871 in Saint-Maurice, Champlain, 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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Joseph MORIN married

Sophie LEMERISE
Marriage date: 28 January 1862
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Sophie LEMERISE was the child of Francois LEFEBVRE dit LEMERISE and Marie-Anne CAYA

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Children of Joseph MORIN and Sophie LEMERISE

Parmelie MORIN

Born: 14 July 1864, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Canada East
Died: ,

Lumina MORIN

Born: 20 November 1865, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Canada East
Died: 4 April 1872, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada

Omer MORIN

Born: 11 September 1867, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Canada East
Died: ,

Hormidas MORIN

Born: 22 June 1869, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Vitaline-Adelaide MORIN

Born: 14 November 1871, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada
Died: 19 February 1952, Lac-aux-Sables, Portneuf, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1827
14 August 1827
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MORIN and Sophie LEMERISE 28 January 1862, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 34 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Parmelie MORIN was born 14 July 1864, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 36 years old.

1865 Birth of Child
Lumina MORIN was born 20 November 1865, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 38 years old.

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.