flag male ancestor  Telesphore  ROUSSEAU

  (b. 30 August 1840 Nicolet, Lower Canada   d. 31 May 1904 Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada )  

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Telesphore ROUSSEAU was born 30 August 1840 in Nicolet, Lower Canada

Telesphore ROUSSEAU was the child of ?   and   ?

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Telesphore  married  Marie BENOIT 26 October 1869 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BENOIT  was born 19 June 1853 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre).  Marie died 22 May 1924 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada. 

Telesphore ROUSSEAU died 31 May 1904 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Telesphore ROUSSEAU

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Telesphore ROUSSEAU married flag female ancestor Marie BENOIT-- Date: 26 October 1869 Place: Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada


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Children of Telesphore ROUSSEAU and Marie BENOIT:

flag photo of Édouardina ROUSSEAU  Édouardina ROUSSEAU (b.17 August 1872, Sainte-Perpétue, Nicolet-Yamaska, Québec, Canada  d. 1 February 1958, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Québec, Canada )
m. Hylas PROULX 25 September 1900 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada



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birth1840 Birth
30 August 1840
Nicolet, Lower Canada
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1869 Marriage / Partner
Telesphore ROUSSEAU and Marie BENOIT 26 October 1869, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.
1872 Birth of Child
Édouardina ROUSSEAU was born 17 August 1872, Sainte-Perpétue, Nicolet-Yamaska, Québec, Canada

Telesphore was 31 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1900 Marriage of Child
Édouardina ROUSSEAU married 25 September 1900, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada to Hylas PROULX
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
death1904 Death
31 May 1904
Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 63.
Added: 5/16/2024 5:56:06 PM - Updated: 5/16/2024 5:56:54 PM

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