Augustin MARTIN

Born

2 February 1815 , La Présentation, Lower Canada

Died

10 April 1871 , Upton, Québec, Canada

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Antoine MARTIN Sophie LÉVEILLÉ

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Born: 2 February 1815 in La Présentation, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine MARTIN

Mother: Sophie LÉVEILLÉ

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste MARTIN , Marie-Françoise PLANTE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LÉVEILLÉ , Élisabeth BACHAND dite VERTEFEUILLE

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Augustin married Florence LEDOUX 22 October 1839 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Florence LEDOUX was born 3 April 1820 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Florence died 2 June 1899 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA. Florence was the child of Pierre LEDOUX and Marcelline BERNIER.

Augustin MARTIN died 10 April 1871 in Upton, Québec, Canada .

Married 22 October 1839, St-Simon, Quebec, to Florence Ledoux (1820-1899)

Child:
Sophie Martin

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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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Augustin MARTIN married

Florence LEDOUX
Marriage date: 22 October 1839
Marriage place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Lower Canada
Florence LEDOUX was the child of Pierre LEDOUX and Marcelline BERNIER

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Children of Augustin MARTIN and Florence LEDOUX

Sophie MARTIN

Born: 20 November 1842, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
Died: 26 February 1918, Upton, Québec, Canada

Married: Andre BELVAL 7 January 1868 Place: Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton)

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Birth — 1815
2 February 1815
La Présentation, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Augustin MARTIN and Florence LEDOUX 22 October 1839, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

He was 24 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Sophie MARTIN was born 20 November 1842, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Augustin was 27 years old.

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.

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.