Antoine MARTIN

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13 August 1804 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

Died

23 June 1881 , Saint-Polycarpe, Québec, Canada

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Francois MARTIN Angelique RODRIGUE

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Born: 13 August 1804 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

Father: Francois MARTIN

Mother: Angelique RODRIGUE

Paternal grandparents: François-Amable MARTIN dit ST-JEAN , Elisabeth-Isabelle LEROUX

Maternal grandparents: Sebastien RODRIGUE L'ESPAGNOL , Marie-Anne PARENT

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Antoine married Charlotte DESCHAMPS 16 August 1825 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte DESCHAMPS was born 27 September 1807 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Charlotte died 14 June 1834 in Saint-Polycarpe, Québec, Canada. Charlotte was the child of Michel DESCHAMPS and Josephte GRENIER.

Antoine MARTIN died 23 June 1881 in Saint-Polycarpe, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Antoine MARTIN married

Charlotte DESCHAMPS
Marriage date: 16 August 1825
Marriage place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Charlotte DESCHAMPS was the child of Michel DESCHAMPS and Josephte GRENIER

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Antoine MARTIN

Born: 7 September 1829, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Julie BRABANT 11 May 1853 Place: Saint-Polycarpe, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1804
13 August 1804
Les Cèdres, 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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Antoine MARTIN and Charlotte DESCHAMPS 16 August 1825, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 21 years old.

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)

1829 Birth of Child
Antoine MARTIN was born 7 September 1829, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Antoine was 25 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charlotte DESCHAMPS died 14 June 1834, Saint-Polycarpe, Québec, Canada

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.

1853 Marriage of Child
Antoine MARTIN married 11 May 1853, Saint-Polycarpe, Québec, Canada to Julie BRABANT

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.