Louis ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)

Born

15 March 1734 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

12 June 1803 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

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Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)Marie-Anne MESNY

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Born: 15 March 1734 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)

Mother: Marie-Anne MESNY

Paternal grandparents: Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) dit L'ESPAGNOL , Jeanne SÉGUIN

Maternal grandparents: Claude MESNY , Marie DENIGER SANSOUCY

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Louis married Felicite BOURDEAU 21 September 1760 in Longueuil, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite BOURDEAU was born 21 April 1740 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . Felicite died 12 June 1822 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada. Felicite was the child of Pierre BOURDEAU and Suzanne BARRETTE.

Louis ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) died 12 June 1803 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada.
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Louis ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) married

Felicite BOURDEAU
Marriage date: 21 September 1760
Marriage place: Longueuil, Canada
Felicite BOURDEAU was the child of Pierre BOURDEAU and Suzanne BARRETTE

Children of Louis ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) and Felicite BOURDEAU

Monique ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)

Born: 28 August 1762, La Prairie, Canada
Died: 17 November 1799, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste DESBOIS (DUBOIS) 15 February 1790 Place: Saint-Constant, Province of Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1734
15 March 1734
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Louis ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) and Felicite BOURDEAU 21 September 1760, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

He was 26 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Monique ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) was born 28 August 1762, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Louis was 28 years old.

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.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Monique ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) married 15 February 1790, Saint-Constant, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste DESBOIS (DUBOIS)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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