Leon ROBICHAUD

Born

19 September 1787 , Bonaventure, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

13 February 1866 , Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

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Jean Baptiste ROBICHAUD Félicité CYR

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Born: 19 September 1787 in Bonaventure, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste ROBICHAUD

Mother: Félicité CYR

Paternal grandparents: Joseph ROBICHAUD , Claire LEBLANC

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Jacques CYR , Marie Josephte HÉBERT

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Leon married Blanche DUGAS 10 January 1814 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Blanche DUGAS was born abt. 1788 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Blanche was the child of Joseph DUGAS and Agathe LANDRY.

Leon ROBICHAUD died 13 February 1866 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada .

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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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Spouse & Children of Leon ROBICHAUD

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Blanche DUGAS
Marriage date: 10 January 1814
Marriage place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Blanche DUGAS was the child of Joseph DUGAS and Agathe LANDRY

Children of Leon ROBICHAUD and Blanche DUGAS

Dosithee ROBICHAUD

Born: 29 December 1814, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 17 March 1894, Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Leon Marcel Heliodore ROBICHAUD

Born: 17 March 1816, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 22 September 1867, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Marguerite Perpetue ROBICHAUD 9 January 1845 Place: Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Seraphine ROBICHAUD

Born: 7 September 1817, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Felicite Prudente ROBICHAUD

Born: 4 July 1819, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Blandine Marceline ROBICHAUD

Born: 9 April 1821, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis ROBICHAUD 12 November 1848 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie Rachel ROBICHAUD

Born: June 1824, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Pierre Gedeon ROBICHAUD

Born: June 1826, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1787
19 September 1787
Bonaventure, Province of Québec, 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
Leon ROBICHAUD and Blanche DUGAS 10 January 1814, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1814 marriage

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1814 Birth of Child
Dosithee ROBICHAUD was born 29 December 1814, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Leon was 27 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Leon Marcel Heliodore ROBICHAUD was born 17 March 1816, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Leon was 28 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Seraphine ROBICHAUD was born 7 September 1817, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Leon was 29 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Felicite Prudente ROBICHAUD was born 4 July 1819, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Leon was 31 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Blandine Marceline ROBICHAUD was born 9 April 1821, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Leon was 33 years old.

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

1824 Birth of Child
Marie Rachel ROBICHAUD was born June 1824, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Leon was 36 years old.

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

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

1826 Birth of Child
Pierre Gedeon ROBICHAUD was born June 1826, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

Leon was 38 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

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Leon Marcel Heliodore ROBICHAUD married 9 January 1845, Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Marguerite Perpetue ROBICHAUD

1848 Marriage of Child
Blandine Marceline ROBICHAUD married 12 November 1848, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Louis ROBICHAUD

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)