Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN

Born

24 July 1824 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

Died

19 February 1894 , Lambton, Québec, Canada

Etienne-Benjamin married Ursule TALBOT dite GERVAIS 17 July 1849 in St-Bernard-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule TALBOT dite GERVAIS was born 9 January 1831 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada . Ursule died 19 June 1892 in Lambton, Québec, Canada . Ursule was the child of Elie TALBOT and Brigitte LAINESSE dite LALIBERTÉ .

Parents & Family of Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN

Parents of Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN

Father

Benjamin BEGIN

Mother

Angele NOEL

Grandparents of Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN

Paternal grandparents

Michel BEGIN Josephte ROBERGE

Maternal grandparents

Louis NOEL Marie-Anne-Zacharie CLOUTIER dite DUROCHER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN

Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN married

Ursule TALBOT dite GERVAIS
Marriage date: 17 July 1849
Marriage place: St-Bernard-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada
Ursule TALBOT dite GERVAIS was the child of Elie TALBOT and Brigitte LAINESSE dite LALIBERTÉ

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

Children of Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN and Ursule TALBOT dite GERVAIS

Louis-Michel BÉGIN

Born: 29 September 1854, Beauceville, Canada East
Died: 19 May 1898, Lambton, Québec, Canada

Married: Rebecca ROYER 4 November 1878 Place: Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1824
24 July 1824
Lauzon, Lévis, Lower 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

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 Marriage / Partner
Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN and Ursule TALBOT dite GERVAIS 17 July 1849, St-Bernard-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Louis-Michel BÉGIN was born 29 September 1854, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Etienne-Benjamin was 30 years old.

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.