Francois ROUSSEAU

Born

abt. 1787 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

11 February 1864 , Batiscan, Canada East

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Gabriel ROUSSEAU Marguerite-Angelique THIBAULT

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Born: abt. 1787 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Gabriel ROUSSEAU

Mother: Marguerite-Angelique THIBAULT

Paternal grandparents: Augustin ROUSSEAU , Marie-Madeleine ISABEL (ISABELLE)

Maternal grandparents: Francois THIBAULT , Marie-Madeleine MALBOEUF

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Francois married Marie-Angele VEILLETTE 12 January 1813 in Batiscan, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angele VEILLETTE was born 26 July 1785 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Angele died 9 June 1825 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Angele was the child of Joseph VEILLETTE and Marie-Francoise-Elisabeth AYOTTE.

Francois ROUSSEAU died 11 February 1864 in Batiscan, 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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Marie-Angele VEILLETTE
Marriage date: 12 January 1813
Marriage place: Batiscan, Lower Canada
Marie-Angele VEILLETTE was the child of Joseph VEILLETTE and Marie-Francoise-Elisabeth AYOTTE

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Children of Francois ROUSSEAU and Marie-Angele VEILLETTE

Rose ROUSSEAU

Born: 29 September 1820, Batiscan, Lower Canada
Died: 26 March 1863, St-Narcisse, Champlain, Quebec, Canada

Married: Joseph BARIL 9 May 1842 Place: Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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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)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Francois ROUSSEAU and Marie-Angele VEILLETTE 12 January 1813, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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

1820 Birth of Child
Rose ROUSSEAU was born 29 September 1820, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Angele VEILLETTE died 9 June 1825, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Rose ROUSSEAU married 9 May 1842, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Joseph BARIL

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

1863 Death of Child
Rose ROUSSEAU died 26 March 1863, St-Narcisse, Champlain, Quebec, Canada

Death — 1864
11 February 1864
Batiscan, Canada East

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