Michel ROBICHAUD

Born

15 July 1809 , St Charles, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

27 February 1889 , St Louis, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

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Pierre-Ignace ROBICHAUD Marguerite Blanche RICHARD

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Born: 15 July 1809 in St Charles, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Pierre-Ignace ROBICHAUD

Mother: Marguerite Blanche RICHARD

Maternal grandparents: François RICHARD dit PLATE , Marie DAIGLE

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Michel married Therese PETITPAS 3 November 1829 in Richibouctou, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese PETITPAS was born 13 October 1802 in Louisbourg, Île Royale, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cape Breton Island). Therese died abt. 1859 Therese was the child of Joseph Michel PETITPAS and Madeleine DONNELLE DOWNEY.

Michel ROBICHAUD died 27 February 1889 in St Louis, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Therese PETITPAS
Marriage date: 3 November 1829
Marriage place: Richibouctou, New Brunswick, Canada
Therese PETITPAS was the child of Joseph Michel PETITPAS and Madeleine DONNELLE DOWNEY

Children of Michel ROBICHAUD and Therese PETITPAS

Marguerite Elizabeth ROBICHAUD

Born: 19 October 1843, Buctouche, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 14 September 1919, Saint-Norbert, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: François BOUCHER 1 August 1864

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Birth — 1809
15 July 1809
St Charles, New Brunswick, 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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Michel ROBICHAUD and Therese PETITPAS 3 November 1829, Richibouctou, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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

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

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

1843 Birth of Child
Marguerite Elizabeth ROBICHAUD was born 19 October 1843, Buctouche, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada

Michel was 34 years old.

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.