Andre ROUSSEL

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17 December 1761 , Saint-Vallier, Canada

Died

22 December 1851 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East

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François ROUSSEL Marguerite ROY

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Born: 17 December 1761 in Saint-Vallier, Canada

Father: François ROUSSEL

Mother: Marguerite ROY

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-Noel ROY , Angélique CASSE (LACASSE)

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Andre married Catherine GUILLET 10 October 1785 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine GUILLET was born 1 October 1766 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Catherine died 19 August 1847 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand). Catherine was the child of Jean-Baptiste GUILLET and Marie-Louise HAMEL.

Andre ROUSSEL died 22 December 1851 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Catherine GUILLET
Marriage date: 10 October 1785
Marriage place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine GUILLET was the child of Jean-Baptiste GUILLET and Marie-Louise HAMEL

Children of Andre ROUSSEL and Catherine GUILLET

Antoine ROUSSEL

Born: 7 September 1797, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 28 June 1872, Vergennes, Vermont, USA

Married: Marie Cecile GOYETTE 24 July 1815 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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Birth — 1761
17 December 1761
Saint-Vallier, Canada

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.

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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Andre ROUSSEL and Catherine GUILLET 10 October 1785, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 23 years old.

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

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

1797 Birth of Child
Antoine ROUSSEL was born 7 September 1797, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Andre was 35 years old.

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Antoine ROUSSEL married 24 July 1815, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Marie Cecile GOYETTE

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 - 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)

1847 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine GUILLET died 19 August 1847, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

Death — 1851
22 December 1851
Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East
He died at the age of 90.

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