Rudolph LEROUX

Born

January 1857 , Wotton, Canada East

Died

22 April 1900 , Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA

Age: 43
Cause of Death: Unknown

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Étienne LEROUX Marie CHARLAND

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Born: January 1857 in Wotton, Canada East

Father: Étienne LEROUX

Mother: Marie CHARLAND

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Benoni LEROUX , Louise-Françoise LAFOND

Maternal grandparents: Dominique-Nicolas CHARLAND , Scholastique MAYRAND

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Rudolph married Virginie LEONARD 7 November 1882 in Wotton, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Virginie LEONARD was born April 1857 in Canada. Virginie died April 1897 in Windsor, Québec, Canada (Windsor Mills). Virginie was the child of Gabriel LEONARD and Celine PROVENCAL.

Rudolph LEROUX died 22 April 1900 in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA.
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Recorded occupation: Farmer, logger

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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Rudolph LEROUX married

Virginie LEONARD
Marriage date: 7 November 1882
Marriage place: Wotton, Québec, Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Virginie LEONARD was the child of Gabriel LEONARD and Celine PROVENCAL

Marriage notes:

Name: Virginie Leonard

Spouse: Adolph Leroux

Event: Mariage (Marriage)

Marriage Year: 1882

Marriage Location: Wotton, Québec (Quebec)

Place of Worship or Institution: St-Hippolyte

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Children of Rudolph LEROUX and Virginie LEONARD

Joseph Alphonse LEROUX

Born: 1 November 1885, Windsor, Québec, Canada
Died: May 1973, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

Married: Olive Josephine JARVIS

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Birth — 1857
January 1857
Wotton, Canada East

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871
Name: Rodolphe Leroux
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Birth Year (Estimated): 1857
Birthplace: Q
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Nationality: Francaise
Religion: Catholique
Event Place: Wotton a, Wolfe 139, Quebec
Page Number: 40
Line Number: 12
House Number: 116
Family Number: 136
GS Film number: 2229049
Affiliate Film Number: C-10087
Digital Folder Number: 4395451
Image Number: 324
1871 Canadian Census
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1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)