Alexis AUCOIN

(b. 31 January 1767 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 April 1830 , Saint-Hugues, Lower Canada )

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Alexis AUCOIN was born 31 January 1767 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Alexis AUCOIN was the child of Pierre AUCOIN and Marie-Josephte BRISSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre AUCOIN and Elisabeth Isabelle BRAULT (maternal) François-Michel BRISSON and Marie-Geneviève PEPIN

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

Alexis married Marie-Elisabeth GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 14 November 1791 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Elisabeth GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 13 June 1773 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Elisabeth died 27 November 1834 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Jacques-Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Catherine-Louise LEROUX.

Alexis AUCOIN died 27 April 1830 in Saint-Hugues, 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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Alexis AUCOIN married

Marie-Elisabeth GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE-- Date: 14 November 1791 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marie-Elisabeth GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was the child of Jacques-Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Catherine-Louise LEROUX

Children of Alexis AUCOIN and Marie-Elisabeth GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE:

Elisabeth AUCOIN (b.6 September 1806, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 19 February 1880, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Charles PAULHUS 27 April 1830 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1767 Birth
31 January 1767
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Alexis AUCOIN and Marie-Elisabeth GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 14 November 1791, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 24 years old.

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

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

1806 Birth of Child
Elisabeth AUCOIN was born 6 September 1806, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis was 39 years old.

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