Antoine ROUSSEAU

(b. 26 April 1752 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 8 November 1816 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Antoine ROUSSEAU was born 26 April 1752 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Antoine ROUSSEAU was the child of Jacques ROUSSEAU and Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine ROUSSEAU and Anne-Catherine BOUFFARD (maternal) Jean BUSSIERE and Françoise DUPIL (DUPILLE)

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Antoine married Geneviève ROULEAU 31 July 1780 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève ROULEAU was born 3 July 1756 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Geneviève died 21 April 1813 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Geneviève was the child of Charles ROULEAU and Geneviève GOSSELIN.

Antoine ROUSSEAU died 8 November 1816 in Québec, 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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Antoine ROUSSEAU married

Geneviève ROULEAU-- Date: 31 July 1780 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève ROULEAU was the child of Charles ROULEAU and Geneviève GOSSELIN

Children of Antoine ROUSSEAU and Geneviève ROULEAU:

Antoine ROUSSEAU (b.19 February 1783, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 July 1822, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 11 August 1806 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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1752 Birth
26 April 1752
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Antoine ROUSSEAU and Geneviève ROULEAU 31 July 1780, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Antoine ROUSSEAU was born 19 February 1783, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 30 years old.

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)

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

1806 Marriage of Child
Antoine ROUSSEAU married 11 August 1806, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT