Jacques ROBITAILLE

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27 January 1746 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Died

29 May 1822 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Pierre ROBITAILLE Genevieve JOURDAIN

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Born: 27 January 1746 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre ROBITAILLE

Mother: Genevieve JOURDAIN

Paternal grandparents: André ROBITAILLE , Marguerite HAMEL

Maternal grandparents: Thomas JOURDAIN (JORDAN) (JARDIN) , Anne FONTAINE

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Jacques married Marie-Josephe THOMELET 20 October 1767 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephe THOMELET was born 28 September 1748 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Josephe died 14 August 1800 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Josephe was the child of Jean THOMELET and Marguerite SEDILOT dite MONTREUIL.

Jacques ROBITAILLE died 29 May 1822 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower 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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Jacques ROBITAILLE married

Marie-Josephe THOMELET
Marriage date: 20 October 1767
Marriage place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe THOMELET was the child of Jean THOMELET and Marguerite SEDILOT dite MONTREUIL

Children of Jacques ROBITAILLE and Marie-Josephe THOMELET

Jacques ROBITAILLE

Born: 29 July 1768, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 23 November 1845, Brompton, Quebec, Canada

Jean ROBITAILLE

Born: 22 May 1778, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Louise LUSSIER 24 November 1800 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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Birth — 1746
27 January 1746
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Jacques ROBITAILLE and Marie-Josephe THOMELET 20 October 1767, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 21 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Jacques ROBITAILLE was born 29 July 1768, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jacques was 22 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1778 Birth of Child
Jean ROBITAILLE was born 22 May 1778, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 32 years old.

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)

1800 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe THOMELET died 14 August 1800, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

1800 Marriage of Child
Jean ROBITAILLE married 24 November 1800, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Marie-Louise LUSSIER

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

Death — 1822
29 May 1822
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 76.

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