Étienne LEROUX

Born

abt. 1817 , Wotton, Lower Canada

Died

abt. 1893 , Richmond, Québec, Canada

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Louis-Benoni LEROUX Louise-Françoise LAFOND

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Born: abt. 1817 in Wotton, Lower Canada

Father: Louis-Benoni LEROUX

Mother: Louise-Françoise LAFOND

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LEROUX , Françoise-Ursule CARON

Maternal grandparents: Antoine LAFOND , Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

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Étienne married Marie CHARLAND 22 November 1842 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie CHARLAND was born 13 February 1823 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie was the child of Dominique-Nicolas CHARLAND and Scholastique MAYRAND.

Étienne LEROUX died abt. 1893 in Richmond, Québec, 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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Étienne LEROUX married

Marie CHARLAND
Marriage date: 22 November 1842
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Marie CHARLAND was the child of Dominique-Nicolas CHARLAND and Scholastique MAYRAND

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Rudolph LEROUX

Born: January 1857, Wotton, Canada East
Died: 22 April 1900, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA

Married: Virginie LEONARD 7 November 1882 Place: Wotton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hippolyte)

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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

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)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage / Partner
Étienne LEROUX and Marie CHARLAND 22 November 1842 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Rudolph LEROUX was born January 1857, Wotton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hippolyte)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.