Joseph RONDEAU

(b. 19 August 1818 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 9 December 1872 , Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph RONDEAU was born 19 August 1818 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Joseph RONDEAU was the child of Francois RONDEAU and Amable CHARRON dite DUCHARME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph RONDEAU and Agathe DALCOURT (maternal) Joseph CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Catherine GEOFFROY

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

Joseph married Sophie BELANGER 6 October 1835 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie BELANGER was born 2 December 1814 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Sophie died 28 November 1893 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada. Sophie was the child of Joseph-Alexis BELANGER and Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE.

Joseph RONDEAU died 9 December 1872 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, 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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Family and Children of Joseph RONDEAU

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Joseph RONDEAU married

Sophie BELANGER-- Date: 6 October 1835 Place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Sophie BELANGER was the child of Joseph-Alexis BELANGER and Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE

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Children of Joseph RONDEAU and Sophie BELANGER:

Rose-Marie RONDEAU (b.13 July 1851, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East d. 26 October 1902, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada )
m. Georges RACINE 7 October 1867 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

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1818 Birth
19 August 1818
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RONDEAU and Sophie BELANGER 6 October 1835, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 17 years old.

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)

1851 Birth of Child
Rose-Marie RONDEAU was born 13 July 1851, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)

Joseph was 32 years old.

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.