Guillaume ROULEAU

(b. 12 November 1757 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 13 May 1826 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )

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Guillaume ROULEAU was born 12 November 1757 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Guillaume ROULEAU was the child of Charles ROULEAU and Geneviève GOSSELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel ROULEAU and Marie-Genevieve PETITCLERC (maternal) Gabriel GOSSELIN and Marguerite COUTURE

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Guillaume married Marie-Reine LASANTÉ 9 January 1786 in Saint-Henri, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Reine LASANTÉ was born 2 September 1767 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Marie-Reine died 30 April 1837 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Marie-Reine was the child of Louis LASANTÉ dit PINON and Reine ROUSSEAU.

Guillaume ROULEAU died 13 May 1826 in Saint-Henri, 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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Guillaume ROULEAU married

Marie-Reine LASANTÉ-- Date: 9 January 1786 Place: Saint-Henri, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Reine LASANTÉ was the child of Louis LASANTÉ dit PINON and Reine ROUSSEAU

Children of Guillaume ROULEAU and Marie-Reine LASANTÉ:

Marguerite ROULEAU (b.26 August 1811, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada d. 23 March 1837, St-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada)
m. Henri BAZIN 24 July 1832 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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1757 Birth
12 November 1757
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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
Guillaume ROULEAU and Marie-Reine LASANTÉ 9 January 1786, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

He was 28 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)

1811 Birth of Child
Marguerite ROULEAU was born 26 August 1811, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Guillaume was 53 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)