Anseleme ROBICHAUD

Born

25 June 1810 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

12 December 1887 , Québec, Québec, Canada

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Joseph ROBICHAUD Scholasique LEGACE

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Born: 25 June 1810 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph ROBICHAUD

Mother: Scholasique LEGACE

Paternal grandparents: Anselme ROBICHAUD , Marie-Geneviève MARQUIS

Maternal grandparents: François MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ , Catherine DESCHAMPS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Anseleme married Mathilde BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) 19 October 1830 in Cacouna, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mathilde BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) was born abt. 1803 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Mathilde died 27 August 1893 in St-Siméon, Baie des Rochers, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada. Mathilde was the child of Moise BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) and Euphrosine NADEAU.

Anseleme ROBICHAUD died 12 December 1887 in Québec, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Journalier

The journalier, or day labourer, was a worker employed by the day, typically in the agricultural sector. He usually only worked during the summer months, for low wages, which meant that day labourers were among the poorest of the inhabitants of New France.
Source: tfcq.ca

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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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Spouse & Children of Anseleme ROBICHAUD

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Anseleme ROBICHAUD married

Mathilde BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN)
Marriage date: 19 October 1830
Marriage place: Cacouna, Lower Canada
Mathilde BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) was the child of Moise BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) and Euphrosine NADEAU

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Children of Anseleme ROBICHAUD and Mathilde BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN)

Françoise ROBICHAUD

Born: 17 August 1842, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East
Died: 5 May 1902, St-Siméon, Baie des Rochers, Quebec, Canada

Married: Louis-Gonzague TREMBLAY 23 August 1873

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Birth — 1810
25 June 1810
Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Anseleme ROBICHAUD and Mathilde BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) 19 October 1830, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

He was 20 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Françoise ROBICHAUD was born 17 August 1842, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Anseleme was 32 years old.

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)

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.