Augustin PAQUIN

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8 December 1817 , Deschambault, Lower Canada

Died

22 October 1874 , Portneuf, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Marie PAQUIN Madeleine MARCOTTE

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Born: 8 December 1817 in Deschambault, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Marie PAQUIN

Mother: Madeleine MARCOTTE

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas PAQUIN , Françoise GAUTHIER

Maternal grandparents: François MARCOTTE , Thérèse GROLEAU

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Augustin married Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE) 25 June 1844 in Cap-Santé, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE) was born 22 March 1823 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada . Basilisse died 25 October 1868 in Portneuf, Québec, Canada . Basilisse was the child of Urbain FRENET (FRENETTE) and Marguerite FRENET (FRENETTE).

Augustin PAQUIN died 22 October 1874 in Portneuf, Québec, Canada .
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Augustin PAQUIN married

Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE)
Marriage date: 25 June 1844
Marriage place: Cap-Santé, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE) was the child of Urbain FRENET (FRENETTE) and Marguerite FRENET (FRENETTE)

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Augustin PAQUIN and Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE)

Adele-Lumina PAQUIN

Born: abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles-Zenophile MATTE 16 October 1882 Place: Deschambault, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1817
8 December 1817
Deschambault, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Augustin PAQUIN and Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE) 25 June 1844, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 26 years old.

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.

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.