Louis MARTIN

(b. 5 December 1794 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 10 August 1872 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Louis MARTIN was born 5 December 1794 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Louis MARTIN was the child of Antoine MARTIN and Marguerite LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste-François MARTIN and Marie-Jeanne-Anne RENAUD dite DESLAURIERS (maternal) Jean Baptiste Simon LEBLANC and Josephte LANDRY

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

Louis married Josephe BOUSQUET 28 October 1823 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephe BOUSQUET was born abt. 1801 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Josephe died 20 July 1837 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Josephe was the child of Antoine BOUSQUET and Reine MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS.

Louis MARTIN died 10 August 1872 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.

m. Bousquet Josephe

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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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Louis MARTIN married

Josephe BOUSQUET-- Date: 28 October 1823 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Josephe BOUSQUET was the child of Antoine BOUSQUET and Reine MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS

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Children of Louis MARTIN and Josephe BOUSQUET:

Augustin MARTIN (b.5 February 1832, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 11 January 1920, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Rosalie LEBLANC 3 February 1857 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1794 Birth
5 December 1794
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Louis MARTIN and Josephe BOUSQUET 28 October 1823, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Augustin MARTIN was born 5 February 1832, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 37 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

1837 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josephe BOUSQUET died 20 July 1837, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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)

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Augustin MARTIN married 3 February 1857, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Rosalie LEBLANC

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.