Jacques ROUSSEAU

(b. 30 August 1751 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 22 January 1825 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Jacques ROUSSEAU was born 30 August 1751 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Jacques ROUSSEAU was the child of Charles ROUSSEAU and Marie-Catherine TALBOT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean ROUSSEAU and Marie DESTROISMAISONS (maternal) Jean-Jacques TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Catherine LAMARRE

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Jacques married Catherine AUTIN 25 November 1805 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . Catherine AUTIN was born 15 March 1747 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Catherine died 31 January 1821 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Catherine was the child of Joseph AUTIN and Félicité MIVILLE.

Jacques ROUSSEAU died 22 January 1825 in La Pocatière, 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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Catherine AUTIN-- Date: 25 November 1805 Place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Catherine AUTIN was the child of Joseph AUTIN and Félicité MIVILLE

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1751 Birth
30 August 1751
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

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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.

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)

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

1805 Marriage / Partner
Jacques ROUSSEAU and Catherine AUTIN 25 November 1805 , La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 54 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