Augustin MORIN

(b. 29 May 1747 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 29 May 1800 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Augustin MORIN was born 29 May 1747 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Augustin MORIN was the child of Joseph MORIN and Dorothée THERRIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MORIN and Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY) (maternal) Guillaume THERRIEN and Marie-Anne JAHAN

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

Augustin married Marguerite-Catherine BOUCHER 8 January 1770 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marguerite-Catherine BOUCHER was born abt. 1750 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite-Catherine died 7 December 1788 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marguerite-Catherine was the child of Michel BOUCHER and Marguerite CHORET.

Augustin MORIN died 29 May 1800 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada .

m. (2) 26 July 1790
Kamouraska, St-Louis, Quebec
Agathe Roy dit Desjardins

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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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Augustin MORIN married

Marguerite-Catherine BOUCHER-- Date: 8 January 1770 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
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Marguerite-Catherine BOUCHER was the child of Michel BOUCHER and Marguerite CHORET

Children of Augustin MORIN and Marguerite-Catherine BOUCHER:

Bénoni MORIN (b.16 November 1770, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Louise MORIN (b.5 August 1773, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Pierre MORIN (b.31 December 1774, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 December 1823, , Québec Province, Canada )

Marie Ursule MORIN (b.5 October 1776, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 June 1846, Frenchville, Maine, USA )
m. Sebastien NADEAU 16 January 1804 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1747 Birth
29 May 1747
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Augustin MORIN and Marguerite-Catherine BOUCHER 8 January 1770, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 22 years old.

1770 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1770 Birth of Child
Bénoni MORIN was born 16 November 1770, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Augustin was 23 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise MORIN was born 5 August 1773, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Augustin was 26 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Pierre MORIN was born 31 December 1774, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Augustin was 27 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1776 Birth of Child
Marie Ursule MORIN was born 5 October 1776, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Augustin was 29 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)