Augustin-Norbert Morin [SEP] country of citizenship
Augustin-Norbert Morin
Augustin-Norbert Morin (October 13, 1803 – July 27, 1865) was a Canadian lawyer and judge.
Born in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada, into a large Roman Catholic farming family, Morin was identified by the parish priest at a young age as a boy of exceptional talent and intelligence. The parish priest therefore arranged for his education at the Séminaire de Québec, beginning in 1815. After leaving the seminary, Morin worked as newspaperman in order to earn
Township Municipality of Morin-Partie-Sud was established in a part of the township (the remaining part became Sainte-Adèle).
The township was named after its founder and 19th-century politician Augustin-Norbert Morin (1803–1865) who had at that point a huge farm of more than on the banks of the Rivière du Nord, built around 1850-1860 and included a home, saw mill, and flour mill. An alternate, less accepted origin for the name Morin concerns an engineer named Morin who was