Jean-Baptiste BONIN

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29 July 1823 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Died

26 September 1894 , Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste BONIN Marguerite CHAUSSE

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Born: 29 July 1823 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste BONIN

Mother: Marguerite CHAUSSE

Paternal grandparents: François BONIN , Marie-Josephte TARTRE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph HAN CHAUSSE , Marguerite HETU

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Aurelie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 2 February 1846 in Lanoraie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Aurelie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born abt. 1826 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Aurelie died 31 October 1866 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Marie-Aurelie was the child of Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Angélique COLIN (COLLIN) dite LALIBERTE.

Jean-Baptiste BONIN died 26 September 1894 in Lanoraie, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Jean-Baptiste BONIN married

Marie-Aurelie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE
Marriage date: 2 February 1846
Marriage place: Lanoraie, Canada East
Marie-Aurelie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was the child of Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Angélique COLIN (COLLIN) dite LALIBERTE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BONIN and Marie-Aurelie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Onesime-Chrysologue BONIN

Born: abt. 1853, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1890,

Israel BONIN

Born: abt. 1856, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 22 January 1912, Berthierville, Québec, Canada

Olivine BONIN

Born: 11 October 1857, Lanoraie, Canada East
Died: 5 January 1917, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1823
29 July 1823
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BONIN and Marie-Aurelie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 2 February 1846, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 22 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.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Olivine BONIN was born 11 October 1857, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Jean-Baptiste was 34 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Aurelie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE died 31 October 1866, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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.