Antoine MORIN

(b. 27 September 1803 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 21 February 1883 , Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada )

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Antoine MORIN was born 27 September 1803 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Antoine MORIN was the child of ? and ?

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Antoine married Catherine CIRCE dite ST MICHEL 16 October 1832 in Saint-Jude, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine CIRCE dite ST MICHEL was born 17 May 1815 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Catherine died 24 July 1890 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada.

Antoine MORIN died 21 February 1883 in Saint-Jude, 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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Antoine MORIN married

Catherine CIRCE dite ST MICHEL-- Date: 16 October 1832 Place: Saint-Jude, Lower Canada

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Children of Antoine MORIN and Catherine CIRCE dite ST MICHEL:

Joseph MORIN (b.4 April 1850, St-Bernard-de-Michaudville, Canada East d. 1 May 1916, )
m. Rose-Delima GARIEPY 8 September 1874 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1803 Birth
27 September 1803
Saint-Ours, 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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Antoine MORIN and Catherine CIRCE dite ST MICHEL 16 October 1832, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

He was 29 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)

1850 Birth of Child
Joseph MORIN was born 4 April 1850, St-Bernard-de-Michaudville, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 46 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.