Aglae PROVOST

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17 February 1827 , Boucherville, Lower Canada

Died

30 November 1900 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Toussaint PROVOST Sophie NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL

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Born: 17 February 1827 in Boucherville, Lower Canada

Father: Toussaint PROVOST

Mother: Sophie NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL

Paternal grandparents: Antoine PROVOST (PREVOST) , Marie-Anne MÉNARD dite BELLEROSE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph NORMANDIN dit BEAUSOLEIL , Geneviève LACOSTE dite LANGUEDOC

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Aglae married Francois-Xavier ROBERT 6 February 1844 in Boucherville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois-Xavier ROBERT was born 6 December 1817 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Francois-Xavier died 2 October 1877 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Francois-Xavier was the child of Antoine ROBERT and Julienne MOQUIN.

Aglae PROVOST died 30 November 1900 in Montréal, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Francois-Xavier ROBERT
Marriage date: 6 February 1844
Marriage place: Boucherville, Canada East

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Francois-Xavier ROBERT was the child of Antoine ROBERT and Julienne MOQUIN

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Children of Francois-Xavier ROBERT and Aglae PROVOST

Azilda ROBERT

Born: abt. 1850, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 30 December 1887, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, Canada

Married: Antoine TREMBLAY 16 November 1870 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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Birth — 1827
17 February 1827
Boucherville, Lower Canada

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Aglae PROVOST and Francois-Xavier ROBERT 6 February 1844, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 16 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

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.

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.

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.

1870 Marriage of Child
Azilda ROBERT married 16 November 1870, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Antoine TREMBLAY

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francois-Xavier ROBERT died 2 October 1877, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

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.

1887 Death of Child
Azilda ROBERT died 30 December 1887, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, Canada (Boucherville Station)

Aglae was 60 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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 Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

Death — 1900
30 November 1900
Montréal, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 73.