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 )

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

Antoine ROUSSEAU was the child of Antoine ROUSSEAU and Geneviève ROULEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques ROUSSEAU and Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE (maternal) Charles ROULEAU and Geneviève GOSSELIN

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Antoine married Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 11 August 1806 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born 15 July 1793 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Thérèse was the child of Joseph ST-PIERRE and Marie-Madeleine GAGNON.

Antoine ROUSSEAU died 18 July 1822 in Trois-Pistoles, 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

Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT-- Date: 11 August 1806 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was the child of Joseph ST-PIERRE and Marie-Madeleine GAGNON

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Children of Antoine ROUSSEAU and Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT:

Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU (b.20 February 1813, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada d. 8 November 1894, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Abraham GAGNON 1 February 1831 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

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1783 Birth
19 February 1783
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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 / Partner
Antoine ROUSSEAU and Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 11 August 1806, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

He was 23 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Marie-Agathe ROUSSEAU was born 20 February 1813, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Antoine was 30 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