Marie-Genevieve-Louise MORIN

(b. 21 February 1800 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada d. 3 May 1881 , Winslow, Frontenac, Quebec, Canada )

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Marie-Genevieve-Louise MORIN was born 21 February 1800 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Marie-Genevieve-Louise MORIN was the child of ? and ?

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

Marie-Genevieve-Louise married Joseph BOUFFARD 12 January 1819 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BOUFFARD was born 14 January 1794 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 1 April 1839 in Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Québec, Canada.

Marie-Genevieve-Louise MORIN died 3 May 1881 in Winslow, Frontenac, Quebec, 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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Marie-Genevieve-Louise MORIN married

Joseph BOUFFARD-- Date: 12 January 1819 Place: Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

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Children of Joseph BOUFFARD and Marie-Genevieve-Louise MORIN:

Joseph BOUFFARD (b.30 December 1819, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada d. 13 August 1892, St-Romain de Winslow, Frontenac, Quebec, Canada)
m. Adelaide BEGIN 15 November 1842 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1800 Birth
21 February 1800
Saint-Henri, 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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve-Louise MORIN and Joseph BOUFFARD 12 January 1819, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

She was 18 years old.

1819 Birth of Child
Joseph BOUFFARD was born 30 December 1819, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Marie-Genevieve-Louise was 19 years old.

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

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)

1839 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph BOUFFARD died 1 April 1839, Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Québec, Canada

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Joseph BOUFFARD married 15 November 1842, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Adelaide BEGIN

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.