Simon ROUSSEL

(b. 8 January 1784 , Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada d. 24 January 1868 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada )

Am I Your Ancestor?
ROUSSEL Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!

What started out as our family is now your’s too!

Simon ROUSSEL was born 8 January 1784 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Simon ROUSSEL was the child of Didier ROUSSEL and Madeleine (Magdeleine) HACHE dite GALLANT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alain ROUSSEL and Marie-Geneviève BONNIER (maternal) Jean Baptiste HACHE dit GALLANT and Anne DOIRON

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

Simon married Barbe THEBAULT 21 February 1814 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Barbe THEBAULT was born abt. 1794 in New Brunswick, Canada. Barbe was the child of Mathurin THIBAULT (THEBEAU) and Catherine DUVAL.

Simon ROUSSEL died 24 January 1868 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.

Added in memory of Deb Thomas Sheldon

Details of the family tree of Simon appear below.

The Definitive Guide for Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors in 2025

Family and Children of Simon ROUSSEL

[Hide/Show]

Simon ROUSSEL married

Barbe THEBAULT-- Date: 21 February 1814 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Barbe THEBAULT was the child of Mathurin THIBAULT (THEBEAU) and Catherine DUVAL

Children of Simon ROUSSEL and Barbe THEBAULT:

Flore Celeste ROUSSEL (b.24 November 1814, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Hubert HEBERT 23 April 1838 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Basile ROUSSEL (b.2 May 1816, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Marie Rose ROUSSEL (b.6 August 1818, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 15 October 1902, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada)

Henry ROUSSEL (b.17 December 1819, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Eleazare (Lazar) ROUSSEL (b.2 October 1821, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada d. 19 April 1887, Saumarez, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada)

Marie Blanche ROUSSEL (b.3 July 1824, Lameque, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 28 July 1917, Pabos, Le Rocher-Percé, Quebec, Canada)

Anne ROUSSEL (b.2 November 1826, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Share the History, Life Events, and Stories of Simon ROUSSEL
(Add details like birth, baptism, census records, military service, obituary, personal achievements, and more.)

[Hide/Show]

Discovering the Ancestry of Simon ROUSSEL: Events, Photos & Historical Records

1784 Birth
8 January 1784
Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1814 Marriage / Partner
Simon ROUSSEL and Barbe THEBAULT 21 February 1814, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 30 years old.

1814 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

1814 Birth of Child
Flore Celeste ROUSSEL was born 24 November 1814, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Simon was 30 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Basile ROUSSEL was born 2 May 1816, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Simon was 32 years old.

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Marie Rose ROUSSEL was born 6 August 1818, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Simon was 34 years old.

1819 Birth of Child
Henry ROUSSEL was born 17 December 1819, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Simon was 35 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Eleazare (Lazar) ROUSSEL was born 2 October 1821, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Simon was 37 years old.

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

1824 Birth of Child
Marie Blanche ROUSSEL was born 3 July 1824, Lameque, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Simon was 40 years old.

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

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

1826 Birth of Child
Anne ROUSSEL was born 2 November 1826, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Simon was 42 years old.

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 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Marriage of Child
Flore Celeste ROUSSEL married 23 April 1838, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Hubert HEBERT

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.