Joseph-Alexandre AUCOIN

(b. 28 November 1768 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 July 1833 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Alexandre AUCOIN was born 28 November 1768 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph-Alexandre AUCOIN was the child of Pierre AUCOIN and Marie-Josephte BRISSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre AUCOIN and Elisabeth Isabelle BRAULT (maternal) François-Michel BRISSON and Marie-Geneviève PEPIN

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Joseph-Alexandre married Euphrosine-Felicite ALLARD 20 February 1792 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Euphrosine-Felicite ALLARD was born 31 August 1773 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Euphrosine-Felicite died 19 May 1846 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Euphrosine-Felicite was the child of Pierre ALLARD and Félicité COMEAU.

Joseph-Alexandre AUCOIN died 11 July 1833 in Sorel, Lower 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-Alexandre AUCOIN married

Euphrosine-Felicite ALLARD-- Date: 20 February 1792 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Euphrosine-Felicite ALLARD was the child of Pierre ALLARD and Félicité COMEAU

Children of Joseph-Alexandre AUCOIN and Euphrosine-Felicite ALLARD:

Joseph AUCOIN (b.abt. 1805, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 24 July 1864, Sorel, Canada East )
m. Pelagie DUFAULT 24 September 1821 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Francois-Xavier AUCOIN (b.25 March 1814, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Thérèse PELOQUIN 7 October 1834 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1768 Birth
28 November 1768
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Alexandre AUCOIN and Euphrosine-Felicite ALLARD 20 February 1792, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 23 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1814 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier AUCOIN was born 25 March 1814, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph-Alexandre was 45 years old.

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