François GOUIN

Born

14 July 1815 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

24 July 1875 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

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François GOUIN Marguerite PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Born: 14 July 1815 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: François GOUIN

Mother: Marguerite PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Paternal grandparents: Antoine GOUIN , Marguerite HUS COURNOYER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER dit ANTAYA , Marie-Josèphe LAVALLÉE

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François married Pelagie THIBEAU 28 May 1839 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Pelagie THIBEAU was born 11 March 1820 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pelagie died December 1877 Pelagie was the child of Charles THIBEAULT and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle TAILLON dite LATAILLE.

François GOUIN died 24 July 1875 in Sorel, 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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François GOUIN married

Pelagie THIBEAU
Marriage date: 28 May 1839
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Pelagie THIBEAU was the child of Charles THIBEAULT and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle TAILLON dite LATAILLE

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Children of François GOUIN and Pelagie THIBEAU

Marie GOUIN

Born: 16 October 1839, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 17 October 1854, Sorel, Canada East

Paul GOUIN

Born: 9 May 1841, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 16 February 1862, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

François GOUIN

Born: 20 June 1843, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 22 March 1886, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA

Edwige GOUIN

Born: 12 November 1845, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 26 October 1873, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Pierre GOUIN

Born: 13 October 1847, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Theotiste GOUIN

Born: 24 September 1849, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 17 November 1915, Putnam, Connecticut, USA

Helene GOUIN

Born: 12 February 1852, Saint-Ours, Canada East
Died: ,

Olivier GOUIN

Born: 18 January 1854, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 13 July 1941, , Massachusetts, USA

Joseph GOUIN

Born: 29 February 1860, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 26 March 1860, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA

Esther GOUIN

Born: 10 April 1861, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 20 May 1862, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Felix GOUIN

Born: 24 April 1863, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 5 April 1864, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1815
14 July 1815
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

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
François GOUIN and Pelagie THIBEAU 28 May 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 23 years old.

1839 Birth of Child
Marie GOUIN was born 16 October 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

François was 24 years old.

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
Paul GOUIN was born 9 May 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

François was 25 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)

1843 Birth of Child
François GOUIN was born 20 June 1843, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

François was 27 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Edwige GOUIN was born 12 November 1845, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

François was 30 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Pierre GOUIN was born 13 October 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

François was 32 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Theotiste GOUIN was born 24 September 1849, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

François was 34 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Helene GOUIN was born 12 February 1852, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

François was 36 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Olivier GOUIN was born 18 January 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

François was 38 years old.

1854 Death of Child
Marie GOUIN died 17 October 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

François was 39 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Joseph GOUIN was born 29 February 1860, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

François was 44 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Esther GOUIN was born 10 April 1861, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

François was 45 years old.

1862 Death of Child
Paul GOUIN died 16 February 1862, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

François was 46 years old.

1862 Death of Child
Esther GOUIN died 20 May 1862, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

François was 46 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Felix GOUIN was born 24 April 1863, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

François was 47 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Child
Felix GOUIN died 5 April 1864, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

François was 48 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 Death of Child
Edwige GOUIN died 26 October 1873, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

François was 58 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Death — 1875
24 July 1875
Sorel, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 60.

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