Augustin MORISSET

Born

31 January 1746 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Died

24 April 1828 , Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

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Pierre MORISSET Geneviève GODIN

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Born: 31 January 1746 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre MORISSET

Mother: Geneviève GODIN

Paternal grandparents: Mathurin MORISSET , Elisabeth COQUIN dite LATOURELLE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François GODIN (GAUDIN) , Geneviève LEFRANCOIS

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Augustin married Thérèse AUGER 25 January 1773 in Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse AUGER was born abt. 1752 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Thérèse died 23 June 1830 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Thérèse was the child of Louis-Joseph AUGER and Charlotte GRENON.

Augustin MORISSET died 24 April 1828 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower 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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Augustin MORISSET married

Thérèse AUGER
Marriage date: 25 January 1773
Marriage place: Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Thérèse AUGER was the child of Louis-Joseph AUGER and Charlotte GRENON

Children of Augustin MORISSET and Thérèse AUGER

Joseph MORISSET

Born: 3 November 1788, Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 19 March 1865, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada East

Married: Marguerite PELLETIER 17 February 1817 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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Birth — 1746
31 January 1746
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Augustin MORISSET and Thérèse AUGER 25 January 1773, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

He was 27 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Joseph MORISSET was born 3 November 1788, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Augustin was 42 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Joseph MORISSET married 17 February 1817, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Marguerite PELLETIER

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)