Joseph ROBERT

Born

9 June 1737 , Longueuil, Canada, New France

Died

11 April 1816 , Longueuil, Lower Canada

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Pierre ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE Marie-Reine BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS

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Born: 9 June 1737 in Longueuil, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE

Mother: Marie-Reine BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE , Angélique PTOLOMEE

Maternal grandparents: Étienne BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS , Jeanne CAMPEAU

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Joseph married Veronique GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN 19 February 1759 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Veronique GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN was born 21 May 1744 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Veronique died 15 September 1791 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Veronique was the child of Pierre GAUTHIER and Marie-Veronique LAPORTE.

Joseph ROBERT died 11 April 1816 in Longueuil, 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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Veronique GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN
Marriage date: 19 February 1759
Marriage place: Boucherville, Canada, New France

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Veronique GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN was the child of Pierre GAUTHIER and Marie-Veronique LAPORTE

Children of Joseph ROBERT and Veronique GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN

Veronique ROBERT

Born: 26 November 1759, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 21 January 1836, Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre FOURNIER 13 November 1778 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jean-François-Régis ROBERT

Born: 29 June 1777, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 October 1832, Saint-Nom-de-Marie, Rouville, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marguerite BEAUDRY 16 August 1808 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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Birth — 1737
9 June 1737
Longueuil, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROBERT and Veronique GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN 19 February 1759, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 21 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Veronique ROBERT was born 26 November 1759, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Joseph was 22 years old.

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.

1777 Birth of Child
Jean-François-Régis ROBERT was born 29 June 1777, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Joseph was 40 years old.

1778 Marriage of Child
Veronique ROBERT married 13 November 1778, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Pierre FOURNIER

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

1791 Death of Spouse/Partner
Veronique GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN died 15 September 1791, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1808 Marriage of Child
Jean-François-Régis ROBERT married 16 August 1808, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Marguerite BEAUDRY

Death — 1816
11 April 1816
Longueuil, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 78.

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