Joseph BEAUDIN

(b. 13 February 1801 , La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 7 January 1860 , La Prairie, Canada East )

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Joseph BEAUDIN was born 13 February 1801 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Joseph BEAUDIN was the child of Charles BEAUDIN and Felicite GIROUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BEAUDIN and Barbe-Amable BABEU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GIROUX dit DESFOURCHETTES and Catherine LONGTIN

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

Joseph married Catherine MONETTE 6 February 1826 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine MONETTE was born 6 September 1808 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Catherine died 4 March 1860 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Catherine was the child of Joseph MONETTE and Veronique DUPUIS.

Joseph BEAUDIN died 7 January 1860 in La Prairie, Canada East .
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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
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Family and Children of Joseph BEAUDIN

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Joseph BEAUDIN married

Catherine MONETTE-- Date: 6 February 1826 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Catherine MONETTE was the child of Joseph MONETTE and Veronique DUPUIS

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Children of Joseph BEAUDIN and Catherine MONETTE:

Apolline BEAUDIN (b.24 April 1834, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 17 September 1870, La Prairie, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 25 November 1850 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1801 Birth
13 February 1801
La Prairie, 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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BEAUDIN and Catherine MONETTE 6 February 1826, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 24 years old.

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

1834 Birth of Child
Apolline BEAUDIN was born 24 April 1834, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph was 33 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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Apolline BEAUDIN married 25 November 1850, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

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