François Bonin

1785 -

• Name	François Bonin
  	to US — Day Laborer
  Birth	30 Apr 1785	Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, British North America   [1]
  Christening	1 May 1785	Église de Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, British North America Église de Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu,  Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec   [1]
  History	26 Dec 1791 (6 years)	Creation of Upper and Lower Canada
  Census	1860 (74 years)	Alburg (now Alburgh), Grand Isle County, Vermont, U.S.A.   [2]
  In the 1860 US Census, he was recorded, age 74, living in Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont with the Dragger family. He was a day laborer.
  Siblings	1 sister and 1 person of an unknown gender
  > 1. Françoise Bonin,   b. 5 Sep 1779, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, British North America d. 17 Dec 1844, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Québec, Canada  (Age 65 years) ▻ Antoine Giroux,  m. 15 Sep 1800   2. ______ Bonin,   b. 28 Jan 1781, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, British North America d. 28 Jan 1781, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, British North America  (Age 0 years) + 3. François Bonin,   b. 30 Apr 1785, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, British North America ▻ Marie Lanier,  m. 26 Oct 1818
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Claude Bonin,   b. Abt 1660, Frangy-en-Bresse, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France d. 22 Feb 1725, Frangy-en-Bresse, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France  (Age 65 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Marie-Josèphe Delome,   b. 1705   d. 1759  (Age 54 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I9900	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He appears in the 1860 US Census with the last name of Burnett. He probably anglicized his last name to Burnett.

  
  

Father	Louis Bonin   d. 6 Jan 1805, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada, British North America
Mother	Marie-Françoise Grignon,   b. 6 Mar 1741, Grondines, Québec, New France Grondines is now part of  Deschambault-Grondines d. 19 Oct 1818, Marieville, Lower Canada, British North America (Age 77 years)
Family ID	F6947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Marie Lanier,   b. 20 Mar 1794, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada, British North America d. 20 Nov 1850, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Québec, Canada (Age 56 years)
Marriage	26 Oct 1818	Église du Saint-Nom-de-Marie, Marieville, Lower Canada, British North America Église du Saint-Nom-de-Marie, Marieville, Québec   [1, 3]
	Marriage Record of Marie Lanier and François Bonin
Age at Marriage	He : 33 years and 6 months - She : 24 years and 7 months.
Children	3 sons and 5 daughters
+   1. Franklin Burnett, (François Bonin),   b. 16 Jun 1819, Marieville, Lower Canada, British North America d. 3 Jun 1901, Altona, Clinton County, New York, U.S.A. (Age 81 years) ▻ Zoé Babin dite LaCroix  m. 30 Sep 1839     2. Marie Bonin,   b. 2 Jun 1821, Marieville, Lower Canada, British North America d. 23 Nov 1822, Marieville, Lower Canada, British North America (Age 1 year)     3. Louise Bonin,   b. 21 Mar 1823, Marieville, Lower Canada, British North America d. 1 Apr 1825, Marieville, Lower Canada, British North America (Age 2 years)     4. Louis Bonin,   b. 30 Sep 1824, Marieville, Lower Canada, British North America d. 21 Mar 1826, Marieville, Lower Canada, British North America (Age 1 year) >   5. Aurélie Bonin,   b. 2 Jun 1827, Marieville, Lower Canada, British North America d. 16 Mar 1850, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Age 22 years) ▻ Adolphe-Étienne Mabriand  m. 15 Jun 1847 >   6. Marcelline Bonin,   b. 16 Jan 1830, Iberville, Québec, Lower Canada, British North America d. 10 Dec 1902, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 72 years) ▻ Guillaume Daragon  m. 23 Feb 1846     7. Claire Bonin,   b. 28 Aug 1832, Marieville, Lower Canada, British North America     8. Alexis Bonin,   b. 30 Sep 1834, Iberville, Lower Canada, British North America d. 6 May 1842, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Québec, Canada (Age 7 years)
Family ID	F6945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	24 Dec 2025




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1François Bonin(1785 – ) 2Louis Bonin( – 1805) 4Louis Bonin(Abt 1721 – 1810) 8Louis Bonin(1690 – 1735) 16Claude Bonin(Abt 1660 – 1725) 17Anthoinette Guienod(1660 – ) 9Marie Renée Paré(1695 – ) 18 19 5Marie-Anne Lemaire(1718 – 1776) 10Louis Lemaire(1691 – 1731) 20 21 11Geneviève Hébert(1694 – 1731) 22 23 3Marie-Françoise Grignon(1741 – 1818) 6Michel Grignon(1705 – 1769) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Marie-Josèphe Delome(1705 – 1759) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 30 Apr 1785 - Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, British North America Christening - 1 May 1785 - Église de Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, British North America Marriage - 26 Oct 1818 - Église du Saint-Nom-de-Marie, Marieville, Lower Canada, British North America Census - 1860 - Alburg (now Alburgh), Grand Isle County, Vermont, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  🟡 [S377] Drouin Institute, Programme de recherche en démographie historique, (Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH). Online http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/main.htm) . 🟢 [S191] Bureau of the Census, 1860 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Alburg, Grand Isle, Vermont; Roll: M653_1318; Page: 578; Family History Library Film: 805318 . 🟢 [S2252] Drouin, Gabriel, Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, ( Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008), Marriage Record of Marie Lanier and François Bonin .