Josephte ROBILLARD

(b. 1 August 1786 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 June 1870 , Saint-Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada )

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Josephte ROBILLARD was born 1 August 1786 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Josephte ROBILLARD was the child of Paul-Gabriel ROBILLARD and Marie-Madeleine LAMADELAINE dite LADOUCEUR

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

Josephte married Joseph GENIER 19 February 1816 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GENIER was born 22 December 1776 in Saint-Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada. Joseph died 28 February 1847 in Saint-Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Honore GENIER dit BELLEROSE and Marie-Thérèse-Amable PAPIN dite BARONET.

Josephte ROBILLARD died 24 June 1870 in Saint-Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, 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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Josephte ROBILLARD married

Joseph GENIER-- Date: 19 February 1816 Place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Joseph GENIER was the child of Honore GENIER dit BELLEROSE and Marie-Thérèse-Amable PAPIN dite BARONET

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Children of Joseph GENIER and Josephte ROBILLARD:

Joseph GENIER dit BELLEROSE (b.12 March 1817, St. Anicet, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada d. 31 January 1881, St. Anicet, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada)
m. Apolline-Adeline CHARBONNEAU 20 January 1836

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1786 Birth
1 August 1786
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Josephte ROBILLARD and Joseph GENIER 19 February 1816, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

She was 29 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Joseph GENIER dit BELLEROSE was born 12 March 1817, St. Anicet, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

Josephte was 30 years old.

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

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)

1847 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph GENIER died 28 February 1847, Saint-Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada

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.