Laurent BOIVIN

(b. 5 September 1811 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 20 November 1893 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Laurent BOIVIN was born 5 September 1811 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Laurent BOIVIN was the child of Louis BOIVIN and Theotiste GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marc BOIVIN and Elisabeth TREMBLAY (maternal) Augustin GIRARD and Geneviève GUAY (CASTONGUAY)

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

Laurent married Christine GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE 22 November 1831 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Christine GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE was born 24 July 1812 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Christine died abt. 1905 in Canada. Christine was the child of Pierre-Moise GUERIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Marie-Josephe AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Laurent BOIVIN died 20 November 1893 in Les Éboulements, 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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Laurent BOIVIN married

Christine GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE-- Date: 22 November 1831 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Christine GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE was the child of Pierre-Moise GUERIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Marie-Josephe AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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Children of Laurent BOIVIN and Christine GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE:

Adele BOIVIN (b.24 March 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. , )
m. Didier TREMBLAY 12 February 1865 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1811 Birth
5 September 1811
Les Éboulements, 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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage / Partner
Laurent BOIVIN and Christine GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE 22 November 1831, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 20 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Adele BOIVIN was born 24 March 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Laurent was 31 years old.

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Adele BOIVIN married 12 February 1865, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Didier TREMBLAY

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.