Augustin DOYON

Born

26 January 1825 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Died

3 September 1879 , St-Frédéric, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

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Claude DOYON Archange PLANTE

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Born: 26 January 1825 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Father: Claude DOYON

Mother: Archange PLANTE

Paternal grandparents: Claude DOYON , Catherine NADEAU

Maternal grandparents: Augustin PLANTE , Theotiste VACHON

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Augustin married Athalie DUPUIS dite GILBERT 11 January 1848 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Athalie DUPUIS dite GILBERT was born 28 October 1828 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Athalie died 9 April 1896 in St-Frédéric, Beauce, Quebec, Canada. Athalie was the child of Charles DUPUIS dit GILBERT and Brigitte CARETTE.

Augustin DOYON died 3 September 1879 in St-Frédéric, Beauce, Quebec, Canada.
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Augustin DOYON married

Athalie DUPUIS dite GILBERT
Marriage date: 11 January 1848
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East
Athalie DUPUIS dite GILBERT was the child of Charles DUPUIS dit GILBERT and Brigitte CARETTE

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Children of Augustin DOYON and Athalie DUPUIS dite GILBERT

Marie DOYON

Born: 3 November 1853, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East
Died: 24 April 1932, St-Isidore d'Auckland, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph Ephrem DODIER 25 September 1877

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Birth — 1825
26 January 1825
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Augustin DOYON and Athalie DUPUIS dite GILBERT 11 January 1848, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Marie DOYON was born 3 November 1853, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 28 years old.

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

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.