Madeleine ROBITAILLE

Born

5 July 1795 , Québec, Lower Canada

Died

20 January 1869 , Donnacona, Québec, Canada

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Charles ROBITAILLE Theotiste PORTUGAIS dite BIDEAU

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Born: 5 July 1795 in Québec, Lower Canada

Father: Charles ROBITAILLE

Mother: Theotiste PORTUGAIS dite BIDEAU

Paternal grandparents: Joseph ROBITAILLE , Marie-Anne MOISAN

Maternal grandparents: Mathurin BIDEAU dit PORTUGAIS , Marie-Anne DRAPEAU

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Madeleine married John BECKER 31 December 1816 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John BECKER was born 30 January 1784 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy). John was the child of John Christian BECKER and Catherine BIDEAU dite PORTUGAIS.

Madeleine ROBITAILLE died 20 January 1869 in Donnacona, 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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Madeleine ROBITAILLE married

John BECKER
Marriage date: 31 December 1816
Marriage place: Québec, Lower Canada
John BECKER was the child of John Christian BECKER and Catherine BIDEAU dite PORTUGAIS

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Children of John BECKER and Madeleine ROBITAILLE

Jean-Baptiste BAKER

Born: 17 November 1827, Donnacona, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Lucie PELOQUIN dite FELIX CREDY 16 September 1862 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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Birth — 1795
5 July 1795
Québec, Lower Canada

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine ROBITAILLE and John BECKER 31 December 1816, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 21 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

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BAKER was born 17 November 1827, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Madeleine was 32 years old.

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)

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BAKER married 16 September 1862, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Lucie PELOQUIN dite FELIX CREDY

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.