Anne ROUSSY

(b. 12 January 1805 , Paspébiac, Bonaventure, Lower Canada d. 28 December 1882 , Grande-Rivière, Le Rocher-Percé, Québec, Canada )

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Anne ROUSSY was born 12 January 1805 in Paspébiac, Bonaventure, Lower Canada

Anne ROUSSY was the child of André-Antoine ROUSSY and Marguerite LEBRASSEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Leon ROUSSY and Anne CHAPADOS (maternal) Mathurin LEBRASSEUR and Catherine Therese DUGUAY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Anne married Andre SMITH (SMYTH) 6 July 1837 in Percé, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Andre SMITH (SMYTH) was born 30 November 1810 in Grande-Rivière, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. Andre died 29 April 1890 in Grande-Rivière, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. Andre was the child of Daniel SMITH (SMYTH) and Marie-Felicite STIBER.

Anne ROUSSY died 28 December 1882 in Grande-Rivière, Le Rocher-Percé, 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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Anne ROUSSY married

Andre SMITH (SMYTH)-- Date: 6 July 1837 Place: Percé, Quebec, Canada
Andre SMITH (SMYTH) was the child of Daniel SMITH (SMYTH) and Marie-Felicite STIBER

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Children of Andre SMITH (SMYTH) and Anne ROUSSY:

Marie-Anne SMITH (SMYTH) (b.23 March 1838, Port-Daniel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Joseph PREVOST 9 August 1858

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1805 Birth
12 January 1805
Paspébiac, Bonaventure, Lower Canada

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

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Marriage / Partner
Anne ROUSSY and Andre SMITH (SMYTH) 6 July 1837, Percé, Quebec, Canada

She was 32 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne SMITH (SMYTH) was born 23 March 1838, Port-Daniel, Québec, Canada

Anne was 33 years old.

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

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

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.