Joseph Mathias AUGER

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13 February 1818 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Died

29 July 1885 , Maine, USA

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Pierre AUGER Marguerite CHICOINE

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Born: 13 February 1818 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre AUGER

Mother: Marguerite CHICOINE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre AUGER , Marie-Angélique ROUSSEL

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Charles CHICOINE , Madeleine LEDUC

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Joseph Mathias married Marie Marine DESMARAIS 28 April 1839 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie Marine DESMARAIS was born 13 May 1817 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Marie Marine died 18 September 1876 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. Marie Marine was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Madeleine LACASSE.

Joseph Mathias AUGER died 29 July 1885 in Maine, USA.
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Joseph Mathias AUGER married

Marie Marine DESMARAIS
Marriage date: 28 April 1839
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Marie Marine DESMARAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Madeleine LACASSE

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Children of Joseph Mathias AUGER and Marie Marine DESMARAIS

Leocadie "Kate" AUGER

Born: abt. 1841, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 11 June 1909, Concord, New Hampshire, USA

Marie-Philomene AUGER

Born: 28 August 1842, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East
Died: 1 November 1923, Wotton, Québec, Canada

Pierre Jean Baptiste AUGER

Born: December 1845,
Died: 25 March 1904, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Alphonse-Toussaint AUGER

Born: 31 October 1846, Kamouraska, Canada East
Died: 4 September 1935,

Louis Theophile AUGER

Born: 21 September 1848, Saint-Dominique, Canada East
Died: 15 February 1906, Poland, Maine, USA

Marie Octavie AUGER

Born: 11 October 1853,
Died: 6 October 1908, Waterville, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1818
13 February 1818
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Mathias AUGER and Marie Marine DESMARAIS 28 April 1839, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

He was 21 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene AUGER was born 28 August 1842, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Joseph Mathias was 24 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)

1846 Birth of Child
Alphonse-Toussaint AUGER was born 31 October 1846, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph Mathias was 28 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Louis Theophile AUGER was born 21 September 1848, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Joseph Mathias was 30 years old.

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

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.