flag male ancestor  Etienne-Benjamin  BEGIN

  (b. 24 July 1824 Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada   d. 19 February 1894 Lambton, Québec, Canada )  

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Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN was born 24 July 1824 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN was the child of Benjamin BEGIN   and   Angele NOEL and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Michel BEGIN and Josephte ROBERGE (maternal)  Louis NOEL and Marie-Anne-Zacharie CLOUTIER dite DUROCHER

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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, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon).  Ursule died 19 June 1892 in Lambton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Vital).  Ursule was the child of Elie TALBOT and Brigitte LAINESSE dite LALIBERTÉ.

Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN died 19 February 1894 in Lambton, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN married flag female ancestor Ursule TALBOT dite GERVAIS-- Date: 17 July 1849 Place: St-Bernard-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada
Ursule TALBOT dite GERVAIS was the child of Elie TALBOT and Brigitte LAINESSE dite LALIBERTÉ




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birth1824 Birth
24 July 1824
Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1849 Marriage / Partner
Etienne-Benjamin BEGIN and Ursule TALBOT dite GERVAIS 17 July 1849, St-Bernard-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - 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.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1878 Marriage of Child
Louis-Michel BÉGIN married 4 November 1878, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien) to Rebecca ROYER
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1892 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ursule TALBOT dite GERVAIS died 19 June 1892, Lambton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Vital)
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1894 Death
19 February 1894
Lambton, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 69.
Added: 3/30/2021 9:26:29 PM - Updated: 11/30/2025 12:14:28 PM

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