Joseph ROUSSEAU

Born

8 June 1795 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

21 March 1871 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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Laurent ROUSSEAU Marie SIMARD

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Born: 8 June 1795 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Laurent ROUSSEAU

Mother: Marie SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Jacques ROUSSEAU , Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE

Maternal grandparents: François SIMARD , Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY

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Joseph married Josette SIMARD 17 January 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josette SIMARD was born 9 August 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Josette died 3 March 1845 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Josette was the child of Joseph SIMARD and Rosalie RODRIGUE.

Joseph ROUSSEAU died 21 March 1871 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, 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
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Josette SIMARD
Marriage date: 17 January 1815
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Josette SIMARD was the child of Joseph SIMARD and Rosalie RODRIGUE

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Children of Joseph ROUSSEAU and Josette SIMARD

Elmire-Arthemise ROUSSEAU

Born: 9 April 1837, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Timothee TREMBLAY 8 January 1856 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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Birth — 1795
8 June 1795
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1815 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROUSSEAU and Josette SIMARD 17 January 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 19 years old.

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)

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 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Elmire-Arthemise ROUSSEAU was born 9 April 1837, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph was 41 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josette SIMARD died 3 March 1845, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Elmire-Arthemise ROUSSEAU married 8 January 1856, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Timothee TREMBLAY

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.