Abraham MONTMINY

Born

14 March 1823 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Died

15 April 1889 , Windsor, Québec, Canada

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Charles MONTMINY Marguerite HINSE (HAINS)

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Born: 14 March 1823 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Father: Charles MONTMINY

Mother: Marguerite HINSE (HAINS)

Paternal grandparents: Michel MONTMINY , Marie SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Francois-Marie HAINS (HINCE) , Marie-Louise BLANCHETTE

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Abraham married Euphemie GOSSELIN 23 August 1852 in St-Lazare, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Euphemie GOSSELIN was born 1 July 1833 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Euphemie died 28 August 1920 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Euphemie was the child of Joseph GOSSELIN and Rosalie COTE.

Abraham MONTMINY died 15 April 1889 in Windsor, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Abraham MONTMINY married

Euphemie GOSSELIN
Marriage date: 23 August 1852
Marriage place: St-Lazare, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
Euphemie GOSSELIN was the child of Joseph GOSSELIN and Rosalie COTE

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Children of Abraham MONTMINY and Euphemie GOSSELIN

Marie MONTMINY

Born: 16 March 1858, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1938, Windsor, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste LABBE 7 January 1879 Place: Windsor, Québec, Canada (Windsor Mills)

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Birth — 1823
14 March 1823
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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)

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

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

1852 Marriage / Partner
Abraham MONTMINY and Euphemie GOSSELIN 23 August 1852, St-Lazare, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

He was 29 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 Birth of Child
Marie MONTMINY was born 16 March 1858, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Abraham was 35 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)

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.