Telesphore
ROUSSEAU
Born
30 August 1840
,
Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died
31 May 1904
,
Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada
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Born: 30 August 1840 in Nicolet, Lower Canada
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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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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Spouse & Children of Telesphore ROUSSEAU
Telesphore ROUSSEAU married 
Marie BENOIT
Marriage date: 26 October 1869
Marriage place: Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Marie BENOITMarriage date: 26 October 1869
Marriage place: Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Telesphore ROUSSEAU and Marie BENOIT
Édouardina ROUSSEAUBorn: 17 August 1872, Sainte-Perpétue, Nicolet-Yamaska, Québec, Canada
Died: 1 February 1958, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Québec, Canada
Died: 1 February 1958, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Québec, Canada
Married: Hylas PROULX 25 September 1900 Place: Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada
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Birth — 184030 August 1840
Nicolet, Lower Canada
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1869 Marriage / PartnerTelesphore ROUSSEAU and Marie BENOIT 26 October 1869, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada
He was 29 years old.
1872 Birth of ChildÉdouardina ROUSSEAU was born 17 August 1872, Sainte-Perpétue, Nicolet-Yamaska, Québec, Canada
Telesphore was 31 years old.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1900 Marriage of ChildÉdouardina ROUSSEAU married 25 September 1900, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada to Hylas PROULX
1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
Death — 190431 May 1904
Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 63.
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