Joseph ROBERT

Born

19 August 1750 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

10 June 1828 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Joseph ROBERT

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Born: 19 August 1750 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Parents of Joseph ROBERT

Father

Jacques ROBERT

Mother

Marie-Catherine RAYMOND

Grandparents of Joseph ROBERT

Paternal grandparents

Andre ROBERT dit BRETON Marie-Marguerite DANIAU (DANIA)

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND TOULOUSE RAYMOND Marie-Louise DRUSSON

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

Joseph married Marguerite GERVAIS 27 February 1775 in Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marguerite GERVAIS was born 17 June 1753 in Saint-Constant, Canada, New France. Marguerite was the child of Louis GERVAIS and Madeleine-Louise DEMERS.

Joseph ROBERT died 10 June 1828 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph ROBERT

Joseph ROBERT married

Marguerite GERVAIS
Marriage date: 27 February 1775
Marriage place: Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marguerite GERVAIS was the child of Louis GERVAIS and Madeleine-Louise DEMERS

Marriage notes:

St-Antoine-de-Pade

Children:

Joseph Robert 1778-

Jacques Robert 1787-

François Robert

Dominique Robert 1798-

Children of Joseph ROBERT and Marguerite GERVAIS

Jacques ROBERT

Born: abt. 1785, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

François ROBERT

Born: 9 December 1794, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Dominique ROBERT

Born: 29 July 1798, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Josephte BOUTIN 22 February 1819 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Birth — 1750
19 August 1750
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROBERT and Marguerite GERVAIS 27 February 1775, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Birth of Child
François ROBERT was born 9 December 1794, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph was 44 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Dominique ROBERT was born 29 July 1798, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph was 47 years old.

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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Dominique ROBERT married 22 February 1819, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Josephte BOUTIN

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)