Joseph ROBERT

(b. 12 February 1780 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 January 1854 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Joseph ROBERT was born 12 February 1780 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph ROBERT was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit FONTAINE and Angélique VIGNEAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marguerite ÉTHIER (maternal) Nicolas VIGNEAULT and Angélique LAPORTE

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Joseph married Marie Anne RIVIERE 1 February 1808 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Marie Anne RIVIERE was born abt. 1787 in Canada. Marie Anne died 9 October 1869 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie Anne was the child of Antoine RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Marie-Anne BRANCONNIER.

Joseph ROBERT died 15 January 1854 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .
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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
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Joseph ROBERT

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Joseph ROBERT married

Marie Anne RIVIERE-- Date: 1 February 1808 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Marie Anne RIVIERE was the child of Antoine RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Marie-Anne BRANCONNIER

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Children of Joseph ROBERT and Marie Anne RIVIERE:

Emelie ROBERT (b.abt. 1811, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. François BOUCHER 26 July 1831 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1780 Birth
12 February 1780
Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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

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

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

1808 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROBERT and Marie Anne RIVIERE 1 February 1808, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 27 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

1831 Marriage of Child
Emelie ROBERT married 26 July 1831, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to François BOUCHER

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.