François-Antoine ROBIDAS

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31 May 1793 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

9 April 1866 , Drummondville, Canada East

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Born: 31 May 1793 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

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François-Antoine married Anne-Marie PARENT 10 February 1834 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne-Marie PARENT was born 31 October 1802 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Anne-Marie was the child of Pierre PARENT and Marguerite CHAUVET.

François-Antoine ROBIDAS died 9 April 1866 in Drummondville, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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François-Antoine ROBIDAS married

Anne-Marie PARENT
Marriage date: 10 February 1834
Marriage place: Nicolet, Lower Canada
Anne-Marie PARENT was the child of Pierre PARENT and Marguerite CHAUVET

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Helene ROBIDAS

Born: 1 September 1840, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 1 September 1910, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Octave BEAUPRE 22 February 1859 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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Birth — 1793
31 May 1793
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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

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)

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

1834 Marriage / Partner
François-Antoine ROBIDAS and Anne-Marie PARENT 10 February 1834, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 40 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Helene ROBIDAS was born 1 September 1840, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

François-Antoine was 47 years old.

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

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.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Helene ROBIDAS married 22 February 1859, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Octave BEAUPRE

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)