Basile ROBERT

Born

5 January 1786 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

10 May 1876 , Napierville, Québec, Canada

Age: 90

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François-Gabriel ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE Catherine PEPIN

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Born: 5 January 1786 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: François-Gabriel ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE

Mother: Catherine PEPIN

Paternal grandparents: Joseph ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE , Madeleine BOURDON

Maternal grandparents: Basile PEPIN , Marguerite MORISSEAU

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

Basile married Marie-Madeline LESSARD 20 November 1809 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Madeline LESSARD was born April, 28, 1793 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeline died 17 November 1850 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Marie-Madeline was the child of Joseph LESSARD and Marie-Josephe CHORET.

Basile ROBERT died 10 May 1876 in Napierville, 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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Basile ROBERT married

Marie-Madeline LESSARD
Marriage date: 20 November 1809
Marriage place: Chambly, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Madeline LESSARD was the child of Joseph LESSARD and Marie-Josephe CHORET

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Record for Basile Robert

Name: Basile Robert

Spouse: Magdeline Lessart

Event: Mariage (Marriage)

Marriage Year: 1806-1810

Marriage Location: Chambly, Québec (Quebec)

Place of Worship or Institution: St-Joseph

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Children of Basile ROBERT and Marie-Madeline LESSARD

Flavie ROBERT

Born: 02 June 1823, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: 12 May 1896, Winchendon, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Pierre FILION 14 September 1840 Place: Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Esther ROBERT

Born: 26 March 1829, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Celestin TREMBLAY 10 November 1846 Place: Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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Birth — 1786
5 January 1786
Chambly, 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)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Basile ROBERT and Marie-Madeline LESSARD 20 November 1809, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 23 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

1823 Birth of Child
Flavie ROBERT was born 02 June 1823, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Basile was 37 years old.

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)

1829 Birth of Child
Esther ROBERT was born 26 March 1829, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Basile was 43 years old.

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Flavie ROBERT married 14 September 1840, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard) to Pierre FILION

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Esther ROBERT married 10 November 1846, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard) to Celestin TREMBLAY

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Madeline LESSARD died 17 November 1850, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 - St Cyprien, Napierville, Quebec
1871 Census
Bazile Robert
in the 1871 Census of Canada
Name: Bazile Robert
Gender: Male
Age: 86
Birth Year: abt 1785
Birth Place: Quebec
Marital Status: Widowed
Religion: Catholic
Origin: French
Province: Quebec
District: Napierville
District Number: 116
Division: 02
Subdistrict: St Cyprien
Subdistrict Number: f
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Household Members:
Name Age
Bazile Robert 86
Source Citation
Year: 1871; Census Place: St Cyprien, Napierville, Quebec; Roll: C-10059; Page: 33; Family No: 128
1871 Canadian Census
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1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Death
Drouin
Basile Robert
in the Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968
Name: Basile Robert
Event: Enterrement (Burial)
Burial Year: 1876
Burial Location: Napierville, Québec (Quebec)
Place of Worship or Institution: St-Cyprien
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.
Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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