Augustin HARRISON

Born

25 February 1819 , Matane, Lower Canada

Died

30 August 1896 , Matane, Québec, Canada

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Samuel HARRISON Marguerite FOURNIER

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Born: 25 February 1819 in Matane, Lower Canada

Father: Samuel HARRISON

Mother: Marguerite FOURNIER

Maternal grandparents: Augustin FOURNIER , Geneviève MCLEAN (MACLANE)

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Augustin married Apolline DION 16 October 1843 in Rimouski, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Apolline DION was born 8 May 1823 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Apolline died 29 April 1909 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane). Apolline was the child of Gaspard DION and Louise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE.

Augustin HARRISON died 30 August 1896 in Matane, 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.
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Apolline DION
Marriage date: 16 October 1843
Marriage place: Rimouski, Canada East

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Apolline DION was the child of Gaspard DION and Louise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE

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Children of Augustin HARRISON and Apolline DION

Marguerite HARRISON

Born: 9 August 1851, Matane, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Pierre TREMBLAY 20 February 1871 Place: Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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Birth — 1819
25 February 1819
Matane, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Augustin HARRISON and Apolline DION 16 October 1843, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1851 Birth of Child
Marguerite HARRISON was born 9 August 1851, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Augustin was 32 years old.

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.