Benoni MORIN

Born

26 October 1784 , Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 April 1868 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Nicolas MORIN Madeleine MARIER

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Born: 26 October 1784 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Nicolas MORIN

Mother: Madeleine MARIER

Paternal grandparents: Etienne MORIN , Marie-Dorothée PARE

Maternal grandparents: Antoine MARIER , Catherine SAVARD

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Benoni married Apolline PILOTE 8 October 1805 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Apolline PILOTE was born abt. 1785 in Québec Province, Canada. Apolline died 29 December 1873 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . Apolline was the child of Jean-François PILOTE and Marie-Philotee TREMBLAY.

Benoni MORIN died 20 April 1868 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Apolline PILOTE
Marriage date: 8 October 1805
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Apolline PILOTE was the child of Jean-François PILOTE and Marie-Philotee TREMBLAY

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

Children of Benoni MORIN and Apolline PILOTE

Antoine MORIN

Born: 27 October 1807, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 27 March 1889, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Antoinette TREMBLAY 16 February 1830 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Constance MORIN

Born: 1 March 1813, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 12 November 1895, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean GAGNON 16 November 1841 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Married: Emmanuel BOUCHARD 8 April 1850 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

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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 — 1784
26 October 1784
Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Benoni MORIN and Apolline PILOTE 8 October 1805, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 20 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Antoine MORIN was born 27 October 1807, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Benoni was 23 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Constance MORIN was born 1 March 1813, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Benoni was 28 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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 Marriage of Child
Antoine MORIN married 16 February 1830, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada to Antoinette TREMBLAY

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

1841 Marriage of Child
Constance MORIN married 16 November 1841, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Jean GAGNON

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Constance MORIN married 8 April 1850, Chicoutimi, Canada East to Emmanuel BOUCHARD

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.

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.