Edwidge ROUILLIER

Born

22 August 1821 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

11 July 1864 , L'Acadie, Canada East

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Joseph ROUILLE Geneviève BECHARD

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Born: 22 August 1821 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph ROUILLE

Mother: Geneviève BECHARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Dit-Boucher ROULIER (ROULLIER) , Marie-Josephe SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY

Maternal grandparents: Louis BÉCHARD , Marie-Clothide REMILLARD

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Edwidge married Leon Cleophas DESRANLEAU 20 October 1835 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Leon Cleophas DESRANLEAU was born 14 March 1812 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Leon Cleophas died 24 February 1895 in Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. Leon Cleophas was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESRANLEAU dit CHATEAUNEUF and Marie-Etienne BLANCHARD dite BERRICHON.

Edwidge ROUILLIER died 11 July 1864 in L'Acadie, Canada East .
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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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Edwidge ROUILLIER married

Leon Cleophas DESRANLEAU
Marriage date: 20 October 1835
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Leon Cleophas DESRANLEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESRANLEAU dit CHATEAUNEUF and Marie-Etienne BLANCHARD dite BERRICHON

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Children of Leon Cleophas DESRANLEAU and Edwidge ROUILLIER

Marie Cordelie DESRANLEAU

Born: 1 August 1847, L'Acadie, Canada East
Died: 19 April 1931, Winooski, Vermont, USA

Married: François-Xavier PATENAUDE

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Birth — 1821
22 August 1821
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Edwidge ROUILLIER and Leon Cleophas DESRANLEAU 20 October 1835, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 14 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

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)

1847 Birth of Child
Marie Cordelie DESRANLEAU was born 1 August 1847, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Edwidge was 25 years old.

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