Marie Helene BENOIT

Born

15 October 1800 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

4 November 1872 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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Joseph BENOIT Ursule LANDRY

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Born: 15 October 1800 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Joseph BENOIT

Mother: Ursule LANDRY

Paternal grandparents: Antoine BENOIT , Marie SAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Anselme LANDRY , Marie-Thérèse BRIDEAU

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

Marie Helene married Augustin ROUSSEL 22 August 1819 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Augustin ROUSSEL was born abt. 1795 in Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean). Augustin died 13 March 1850 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Augustin was the child of Didier ROUSSEL and Madeleine (Magdeleine) HACHE dite GALLANT.

Marie Helene BENOIT died 4 November 1872 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .

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Marie Helene BENOIT married

Augustin ROUSSEL
Marriage date: 22 August 1819
Marriage place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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Augustin ROUSSEL was the child of Didier ROUSSEL and Madeleine (Magdeleine) HACHE dite GALLANT

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parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Joseph Roman Catholic Church

Children of Augustin ROUSSEL and Marie Helene BENOIT

Joseph Prosper ROUSSEL

Born: 29 May 1820, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie ROBICHAUD 1840

Marie Reine ROUSSEL

Born: 5 January 1822, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Augustin ROUSSEL

Born: 2 May 1823, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie BRAULT (BREAU) 19 August 1844 Place: Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada

Meles (Ménême) ROUSSEL

Born: December 1825, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie Olive SAVOIE 25 October 1846 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Judith ROUSSEL

Born: July 1828, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Georges ROUSSEL

Born: 16 April 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Sebastien ROUSSEL

Born: March 1836, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1800
15 October 1800
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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 / Partner
Marie Helene BENOIT and Augustin ROUSSEL 22 August 1819, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

She was 18 years old.

1819 marriage

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Joseph Prosper ROUSSEL was born 29 May 1820, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Helene was 19 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Marie Reine ROUSSEL was born 5 January 1822, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Helene was 21 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Augustin ROUSSEL was born 2 May 1823, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Helene was 22 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Meles (Ménême) ROUSSEL was born December 1825, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Helene was 25 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Marie Judith ROUSSEL was born July 1828, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Helene was 27 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Georges ROUSSEL was born 16 April 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Helene was 30 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Sebastien ROUSSEL was born March 1836, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Helene was 35 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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Augustin ROUSSEL married 19 August 1844, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada to Marie BRAULT (BREAU)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Marriage of Child
Meles (Ménême) ROUSSEL married 25 October 1846, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Marie Olive SAVOIE

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Augustin ROUSSEL died 13 March 1850, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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.