Anne PETITPAS

Born

abt. 1792 , Louisbourg, Île Royale, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

30 April 1877 , Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada

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Joseph Michel PETITPAS Madeleine DONNELLE DOWNEY

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Born: abt. 1792 in Louisbourg, Île Royale, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Joseph Michel PETITPAS

Mother: Madeleine DONNELLE DOWNEY

Maternal grandparents: David DOWNEY (DOWNING) , Dorothee BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

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Anne married Joseph ROBICHAUD 2 November 1818 in Richibucto-Village, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Joseph ROBICHAUD was born abt. 1792 Joseph was the child of Joseph-Servan ROBICHAUD and Marguerite Pelagie BOURG (BOURQUE).

Anne PETITPAS died 30 April 1877 in Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Anne PETITPAS married

Joseph ROBICHAUD
Marriage date: 2 November 1818
Marriage place: Richibucto-Village, New Brunswick, Canada
Joseph ROBICHAUD was the child of Joseph-Servan ROBICHAUD and Marguerite Pelagie BOURG (BOURQUE)

Children of Joseph ROBICHAUD and Anne PETITPAS

Victoire ROBICHAUD

Born: 3 October 1819, Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1855,

Married: Olivier SAVOIE 1842

Maxime ROBICHAUD

Born: 23 October 1820, Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Henriette ROBICHAUD

Born: 24 December 1823, Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Rebecca ROBICHAUD

Born: 8 July 1825, Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Placide ROBICHAUD

Born: 27 April 1836, Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1925, Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada

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

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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Anne PETITPAS and Joseph ROBICHAUD 2 November 1818, Richibucto-Village, New Brunswick, Canada

1818 marriage

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1819 Birth of Child
Victoire ROBICHAUD was born 3 October 1819, Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Maxime ROBICHAUD was born 23 October 1820, Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada

1823 Birth of Child
Henriette ROBICHAUD was born 24 December 1823, Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada

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

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

1825 Birth of Child
Rebecca ROBICHAUD was born 8 July 1825, Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1836 Birth of Child
Placide ROBICHAUD was born 27 April 1836, Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick, Canada

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)

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.