Marguerite AUGER

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2 June 1807 , Joliette, Lower Canada

Died

25 October 1878 , St-Ligori, Québec, Canada

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Joseph AUGER Geneviève CHAMPOUX dite JOLICOEUR

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Born: 2 June 1807 in Joliette, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph AUGER

Mother: Geneviève CHAMPOUX dite JOLICOEUR

Paternal grandparents: Joseph AUGER , Rosalie LESAGE

Maternal grandparents: Michel CHAMPOUX dit JOLICOEUR , Geneviève-Louise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

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Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste GRENIER 6 February 1826 in Joliette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste GRENIER was born 17 June 1800 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Jean-Baptiste died 9 June 1862 in St-Ligori, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis GRENIER and Josephte BOLE dite BEAUSEJOUR.

Marguerite AUGER died 25 October 1878 in St-Ligori, 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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Marguerite AUGER married

Jean-Baptiste GRENIER
Marriage date: 6 February 1826
Marriage place: Joliette, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste GRENIER was the child of Louis GRENIER and Josephte BOLE dite BEAUSEJOUR

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Joseph GRENIER

Born: 5 October 1831, Joliette, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Elmire DULONG 27 January 1852 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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Birth — 1807
2 June 1807
Joliette, 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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite AUGER and Jean-Baptiste GRENIER 6 February 1826, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

She was 18 years old.

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

1831 Birth of Child
Joseph GRENIER was born 5 October 1831, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Marguerite was 24 years old.

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 of Child
Joseph GRENIER married 27 January 1852, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Elmire DULONG

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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste GRENIER died 9 June 1862, St-Ligori, Québec, Canada

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.