Benoni MORIN

(b. 26 October 1784 , Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 April 1868 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Benoni MORIN was born 26 October 1784 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Benoni MORIN was the child of Nicolas MORIN and Madeleine MARIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne MORIN and Marie-Dorothée PARE (maternal) Antoine MARIER and Catherine SAVARD

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

Benoni married Apolline PILOTE 8 October 1805 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Apolline PILOTE was born abt. 1785 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Apolline died 29 December 1873 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Apolline was the child of Jean-François PILOTE and Marie-Philotee TREMBLAY.

Benoni MORIN died 20 April 1868 in Chicoutimi, 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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Benoni MORIN married

Apolline PILOTE-- Date: 8 October 1805 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Apolline PILOTE was the child of Jean-François PILOTE and Marie-Philotee TREMBLAY

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Children of Benoni MORIN and Apolline PILOTE:

Antoine MORIN (b.27 October 1807, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 27 March 1889, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Antoinette TREMBLAY 16 February 1830 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Constance MORIN (b.1 March 1813, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 12 November 1895, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean GAGNON 16 November 1841 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Emmanuel BOUCHARD 8 April 1850 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1784 Birth
26 October 1784
Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Benoni MORIN and Apolline PILOTE 8 October 1805, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 20 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Antoine MORIN was born 27 October 1807, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Benoni was 23 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Constance MORIN was born 1 March 1813, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Benoni was 28 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

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 Marriage of Child
Antoine MORIN married 16 February 1830, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Antoinette TREMBLAY

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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

1841 Marriage of Child
Constance MORIN married 16 November 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean GAGNON

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Constance MORIN married 8 April 1850, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Emmanuel BOUCHARD

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.