Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE

Born

12 December 1761 , Trois-Rivières, Canada

Died

26 December 1827 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*

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Joseph-Pierre ROUETTE Josephte BIRON

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Born: 12 December 1761 in Trois-Rivières, Canada

Father: Joseph-Pierre ROUETTE

Mother: Josephte BIRON

Maternal grandparents: François BIRON , Jeanne-Marguerite ROGNON dite LAROCHE

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Pierre-Joseph married Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS 26 January 1786 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada* . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS was born 23 June 1760 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Marie-Josephe died 4 April 1852 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Marie-Josephe was the child of Jean Baptiste DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET and Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE.

Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE died 26 December 1827 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* .

m. Duplessis Marie-Josephe

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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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Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE married

Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS
Marriage date: 26 January 1786
Marriage place: Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada*
Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS was the child of Jean Baptiste DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET and Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE

Children of Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE and Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS

Joseph ROUETTE

Born: abt. 1804, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 September 1867, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada East*

Charles ROUETTE

Born: 2 July 1804, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1761
12 December 1761
Trois-Rivières, Canada

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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE and Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS 26 January 1786 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1804 Birth of Child
Charles ROUETTE was born 2 July 1804, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre-Joseph was 42 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)