Dorothee ST-MARTIN

(b. 14 November 1811 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 29 April 1884 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Dorothee ST-MARTIN was born 14 November 1811 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Dorothee ST-MARTIN was the child of Antoine ST-MARTIN and Marie-Louise PELOQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine ST-MARTIN and Elisabeth LAVALLÉE (maternal) Joseph PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Marie-Louise HUS MILLET

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Dorothee married Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE 27 September 1831 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE was born 2 June 1810 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Joseph died November 1854 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Joseph was the child of Joseph GOUIN and Marie-Josephte PELLETIER dite ANTAYA.

Dorothee ST-MARTIN died 29 April 1884 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.

married Joseph Gouin dit Champagne, 27 September 1831, Sorel, Quebec

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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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Dorothee ST-MARTIN married

Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE-- Date: 27 September 1831 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE was the child of Joseph GOUIN and Marie-Josephte PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Children of Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE and Dorothee ST-MARTIN:

Denis GOUIN (b.17 September 1841, Sorel, Canada East d. 11 April 1908, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada )
m. Edwidge CAPLET (CAPLETTE) 29 August 1865 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1811 Birth
14 November 1811
Sorel, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Dorothee ST-MARTIN and Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE 27 September 1831, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 19 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

1841 Birth of Child
Denis GOUIN was born 17 September 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Dorothee was 29 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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE died November 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Denis GOUIN married 29 August 1865, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Edwidge CAPLET (CAPLETTE)

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.