Marie-Genevieve ROBIN

(b. 23 June 1780 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 December 1849 , Montmagny, Canada East )

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Marie-Genevieve ROBIN was born 23 June 1780 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Genevieve ROBIN was the child of Alexis ROBIN and Genevieve LAMY dite ORESTEILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François ROBIN and Marie COURTEAU (maternal) Mathieu ORESTEILLE dit LAMY and Elisabeth METIVIER

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Marie-Genevieve married Augustin BLAIS 27 September 1831 in Montmagny, Lower Canada . Augustin BLAIS was born 2 May 1761 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Augustin died 15 August 1844 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Augustin was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Charlotte LEBLONDE (LEBLOND).

Marie-Genevieve ROBIN died 13 December 1849 in Montmagny, Canada East .

m. Blais Augustin
m. Gaze Francois-Toussain

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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 BLAIS-- Date: 27 September 1831 Place: Montmagny, Lower Canada
Augustin BLAIS was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Charlotte LEBLONDE (LEBLOND)

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1780 Birth
23 June 1780
Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve ROBIN and Augustin BLAIS 27 September 1831, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 51 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

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)