Etienne ROBERT

Born

19 August 1772 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

29 April 1840 , Verchères, Lower Canada

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Etienne ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE Antoinette LEDUC

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Born: 19 August 1772 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Etienne ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE

Mother: Antoinette LEDUC

Paternal grandparents: Jacques ROBERT , Jeanne DEMERS (DUMAIS)

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LEDUC , Marie-Antoinette BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS

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Etienne married Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE 6 August 1793 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE was born 8 November 1771 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Claire died 12 March 1863 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Claire was the child of Pierre-Christophe LEBEQUE dit LESPERANCE and Marie-Barbe SOULIÈRES.

Etienne ROBERT died 29 April 1840 in Verchères, Lower 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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Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE
Marriage date: 6 August 1793
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE was the child of Pierre-Christophe LEBEQUE dit LESPERANCE and Marie-Barbe SOULIÈRES

Children of Etienne ROBERT and Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE

Marie-Louise ROBERT

Born: 23 March 1814, Verchères, Lower Canada
Died: 21 December 1876, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

Married: Benoni VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ 15 July 1834 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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Birth — 1772
19 August 1772
Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage / Partner
Etienne ROBERT and Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE 6 August 1793 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 20 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1814 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise ROBERT was born 23 March 1814, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Etienne was 41 years old.

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.

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

1834 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise ROBERT married 15 July 1834 , Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Benoni VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ

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)