Jean-Baptiste Varin
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Jean-Baptiste Varin was a notary
and political figure in Canada East
. He represented Huntingdon in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
from 1851 to 1854.
He was born on Manitoulin Island
, Upper Canada
, the son of Guillaume Varin and Marguerite Bourassa. He was educated at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal, then articled as a notary at Laprairie
, qualified as a notary in 1833 and set up practice at Laprairie. In 1834, he married Hermine, the daughter of Jean-Moïse Raymond
. Varin was part of the commission charged with registering title to seigneuries
in Canada East in 1855, helped prepare the laws on the registration of land titles after the seigneurial system was abolished, served as director of the land registry office at Montreal
from 1868 to 1878 and registrar for Laprairie County from 1878 to 1892. Varin died in Laprairie at the age of 88.
His daughter Marie Elmire married Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois
.
Civil law notary
Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State...
and political figure in Canada East
Canada East
Canada East was the eastern portion of the United Province of Canada. It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian Province of Quebec, and was primarily a French-speaking region....
. He represented Huntingdon in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the...
from 1851 to 1854.
He was born on Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island is a Canadian island in Lake Huron, in the province of Ontario. It is the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world. In addition to the historic Anishinaabe and European settlement of the island, archeological discoveries at Sheguiandah have demonstrated Paleo-Indian and...
, Upper Canada
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
, the son of Guillaume Varin and Marguerite Bourassa. He was educated at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal, then articled as a notary at Laprairie
La Prairie, Quebec
La Prairie is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon...
, qualified as a notary in 1833 and set up practice at Laprairie. In 1834, he married Hermine, the daughter of Jean-Moïse Raymond
Jean-Moïse Raymond
Jean-Moïse Raymond was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born in La Tortue in 1787, the son of Jean-Baptiste Raymond, and later moved to La Prairie with his family...
. Varin was part of the commission charged with registering title to seigneuries
Seigneurial system of New France
The seigneurial system of New France was the semi-feudal system of land distribution used in the North American colonies of New France.-Introduction to New France:...
in Canada East in 1855, helped prepare the laws on the registration of land titles after the seigneurial system was abolished, served as director of the land registry office at Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
from 1868 to 1878 and registrar for Laprairie County from 1878 to 1892. Varin died in Laprairie at the age of 88.
His daughter Marie Elmire married Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois
Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois
Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois was a grain merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Laprairie in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1875 to 1887 as a Conservative....
.