Joseph MARTIN

(b. abt. 1835 , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 May 1875 , Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie ,Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada )

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Joseph MARTIN was born abt. 1835 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph MARTIN was the child of François MARTIN and Felicite FITZBACK and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph MARTIN and Marie BARD (maternal) Charles FITZBACK and Perpetue HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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

Joseph married Virginie HUDON 24 February 1873 in Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Virginie HUDON was born 5 July 1830 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Virginie died 11 December 1900 in Saint-Pacôme, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. Virginie was the child of Jean-Stanislas HUDON and Marguerite BOISSINOT (BOSSINOT).

Joseph MARTIN died 23 May 1875 in Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie ,Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
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Occupation

Joseph MARTIN was a Charpentier.
In New France, the occupation of charpentier, or carpenter, covered all trades of wood construction.

Source: tfcq.ca

18th Century Charpentier in New France: Crafting Dreams in Timber

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph MARTIN married

Virginie HUDON-- Date: 24 February 1873 Place: Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
Virginie HUDON was the child of Jean-Stanislas HUDON and Marguerite BOISSINOT (BOSSINOT)

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Children of Joseph MARTIN and Virginie HUDON:

Marie Adeline MARTIN (b.22 January 1874, Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada d. 28 April 1931, Gardner, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Joseph-Antoine DUBE 24 July 1893 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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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.