Marthe ROUSSY

(b. 8 November 1792 , Restigouche, Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada d. 8 December 1876 , Grande-Rivière, Gaspe-Est, Québec, Canada )

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Marthe ROUSSY was born 8 November 1792 in Restigouche, Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada

Marthe ROUSSY was the child of Pierre-Leon ROUSSY and Genevieve Veronique PARISE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Leon ROUSSY and Anne CHAPADOS

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

Marthe married Pierre DUGUAY 27 November 1810 in Bonaventure, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre DUGUAY was born abt. 1785 in Paspébiac, Québec, Canada (Paspebiac). Pierre died 11 June 1843 in Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach). Pierre was the child of Jean Marie DUGUAY and Marie-Anne TAREAU dite CHAMPAGNE.

Marthe ROUSSY died 8 December 1876 in Grande-Rivière, Gaspe-Est, 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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Marthe ROUSSY married

Pierre DUGUAY-- Date: 27 November 1810 Place: Bonaventure, Lower Canada
Pierre DUGUAY was the child of Jean Marie DUGUAY and Marie-Anne TAREAU dite CHAMPAGNE

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Children of Pierre DUGUAY and Marthe ROUSSY:

Gedeon-Georges DUGUAY (b.18 December 1838, Grande-Rivière, Gaspé, Lower Canada d. 29 May 1918, Grande-Rivière, Gaspé, Québec, Canada)
m. Genevieve GRENIER 27 July 1862 in Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach)

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1792 Birth
8 November 1792
Restigouche, Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada

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

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

1810 Marriage / Partner
Marthe ROUSSY and Pierre DUGUAY 27 November 1810, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

She was 18 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)

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

1838 Birth of Child
Gedeon-Georges DUGUAY was born 18 December 1838, Grande-Rivière, Gaspé, Québec, Canada

Marthe was 46 years old.

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)

1843 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre DUGUAY died 11 June 1843, Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach)

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
Gedeon-Georges DUGUAY married 27 July 1862, Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach) to Genevieve GRENIER

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.