Augustin MORIN

(b. 7 August 1806 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada d. 29 January 1872 , St-Évariste-de-Forsyth, Beauce, Québec, Canada )

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Augustin MORIN was born 7 August 1806 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Augustin MORIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Marie-Madeleine PLANTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MORIN and Marie-Anne GENDRON (maternal) Joseph-Marie PLANTE and Françoise GOSSELIN

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

Augustin married Adelaide GENEST dite LABARRE 29 September 1829 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide GENEST dite LABARRE was born 15 March 1807 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Adelaide died 14 June 1830 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Adelaide was the child of Joseph GENEST and Marie-Anne DEMERS.

Augustin MORIN died 29 January 1872 in St-Évariste-de-Forsyth, Beauce, Québec, 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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Family and Children of Augustin MORIN

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Augustin MORIN married

Adelaide GENEST dite LABARRE-- Date: 29 September 1829 Place: Saint-Henri, Lower Canada
Adelaide GENEST dite LABARRE was the child of Joseph GENEST and Marie-Anne DEMERS

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Children of Augustin MORIN and Adelaide GENEST dite LABARRE:

Marie-Rose-Adeline MORIN (b.25 October 1833, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Joseph BOUCHARD 21 February 1854

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1806 Birth
7 August 1806
Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Augustin MORIN and Adelaide GENEST dite LABARRE 29 September 1829, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

He was 23 years old.

1830 Death of Spouse/Partner
Adelaide GENEST dite LABARRE died 14 June 1830, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose-Adeline MORIN was born 25 October 1833, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Augustin was 27 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)

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.