Marie-Thérèse ROUSSEAU

Born

14 April 1753 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

15 May 1835 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU Marie-Josephte COTE

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Born: 14 April 1753 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU

Mother: Marie-Josephte COTE

Paternal grandparents: Antoine ROUSSEAU , Anne-Catherine BOUFFARD

Maternal grandparents: Augustin-Noel COTE , Marie-Madeleine BAILLARGEON

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Marie-Thérèse married Francois DUMAS 16 August 1773 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois DUMAS was born 20 January 1752 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Francois was the child of François DUMAS and Françoise RUEL.

Marie-Thérèse ROUSSEAU died 15 May 1835 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower 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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Marie-Thérèse ROUSSEAU married

Francois DUMAS
Marriage date: 16 August 1773
Marriage place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Francois DUMAS was the child of François DUMAS and Françoise RUEL

Children of Francois DUMAS and Marie-Thérèse ROUSSEAU

Alexis DUMAS

Born: 31 December 1793, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Died: 20 March 1859, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Married: Marie FILION 16 August 1825 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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Birth — 1753
14 April 1753
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thérèse ROUSSEAU and Francois DUMAS 16 August 1773, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1793 Birth of Child
Alexis DUMAS was born 31 December 1793, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marie-Thérèse was 40 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

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

1825 Marriage of Child
Alexis DUMAS married 16 August 1825, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie FILION

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