Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON)

(b. 12 May 1816 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 20 February 1879 , Colchester, Vermont, USA )
Cause of Death: congenital paralysis

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Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON) was born 12 May 1816 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON) was the child of Louis LACROIX dit QUEVILLON and Marie Catherine BENOIT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste QUEVILLON LACROIX and Françoise DUVAL (maternal) Antoine BENOIT and Marie-Catherine NAULT

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1834.

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

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) married Pierre (Peter) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) 13 November 1834 in Burlington, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Pierre (Peter) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) was born 4 April 1802 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre (Peter) died 30 July 1894 in Burlington, Vermont, USA. Pierre (Peter) was the child of Antoine TETREAULT and Judith BAUDRI (BEAUDRY).

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON) died 20 February 1879 in Colchester, Vermont, USA .

Baptised at Immaculée-Conception, St-Ours

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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 Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON)

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Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON) married

Pierre (Peter) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE)-- Date: 13 November 1834 Place: Burlington, Vermont, USA
Thanks to Gail

Pierre (Peter) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) was the child of Antoine TETREAULT and Judith BAUDRI (BEAUDRY)

Married at St. Joseph's Parish in Burlington, Vermont

NOTE: This information can be verified in the "Marriages de St. Joseph de Burlington VT" by Veronique Gassette:

Tetreau, Pierre (the late Ant. and Judith Baudri) - Married: 13-11-1834 - Lacroix, Betsie (Louis and Catherine Benoit) see Covillon-Lacroix -- Source: Rootsweb.com

Children of Pierre (Peter) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) and Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON):

Elizabeth TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) (b.24 July 1835, Burlington, Vermont, USA d. , )

Julia A TETREAULT (ROWE) (b.abt. 1838, Colchester, Vermont, USA d. 7 April 1920, Burlington, Vermont, USA)
m. Louis POTVIN 7 January 1860 in Burlington, Vermont, USA

Mary TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) (b.18 January 1840, Colchester, Vermont, USA d. 8 January 1888, Burlington, Vermont, USA)
m. Pierre Henri (Peter) VINCENT 26 January 1863 in Burlington, Vermont, USA

Catherine TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) (b.May 1841, Colchester, Vermont, USA d. 11 June 1913, Burlington, Vermont, USA)
m. Isaac (Arthur) WELLS 24 February 1868 in Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Peter TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) (b.2 October 1844, Colchester, Vermont, USA d. 17 November 1928, Milton, Vermont, USA)
m. Rosa (Rosella) Stern WELLS 24 February 1868 in Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Amos ROWE (b.October 1845, Colchester, Vermont, USA d. 21 August 1907, Williston, Vermont, USA)
m. Lucy HARPER 18 September 1877 in Williston, Vermont, USA

Moses (Moise) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) (b.November 1851, Colchester, Vermont, USA d. 1 November 1911, Waterbury, Vermont, USA)
m. Anna WELLS 4 May 1880 in Milton, Vermont, USA

photo of Elizabeth (Libby) ROWE (TETR(E)AULT)

Elizabeth (Libby) ROWE (TETR(E)AULT) (b.26 August 1854, Colchester, Vermont, USA d. 18 July 1910, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Peter Joseph BROWE (BREAULT) 1 January 1877 in Burlington, Vermont, USA

Charlotte TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) (b.8 November 1857, Colchester, Vermont, USA d. 21 February 1900, Williston, Vermont, USA)
m. Daniel BEAN 13 August 1877 in Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Josephine TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) (b.3 November 1861, Colchester, Vermont, USA d. 23 July 1916, Williston, Vermont, USA)
m. Joseph BOMBARD 1883

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Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON) - 1816 Baptism

1816 Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1819 Birth
12 May 1816
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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)

1834 Marriage / Partner
Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON) and Pierre (Peter) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) 13 November 1834, Burlington, Vermont, USA

She was 18 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Elizabeth TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) was born 24 July 1835, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) was 19 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont
Peter Roe, 1 male 30 & under 40, 2 females under 5, 1 female 20 & under 30

NOTE: Dominic Roe family and a Francis Roe family living in Colchester in 1840. Dominic appears to between age 40-50. Francis appears to be between age 30-40. Are they Peter's brothers?
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1840 Birth of Child
Mary TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) was born 18 January 1840, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) was 23 years old.

1841 Birth of Child
Catherine TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) was born May 1841, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) was 24 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Peter TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) was born 2 October 1844, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) was 28 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Amos ROWE was born October 1845, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) was 29 years old.

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

1850 Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont
Peter Rowe, 51, farm lab, b. Canada
Elizabeth Rowe, 41, b. Canada
Julia A. Rowe, 13, b. VT
Mary Rowe, 10, b. VT
Catherine Rowe, 6, b. VT
Peter Rowe, 5, b. VT
Amos Rowe, 2, b. VT
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1851 Birth of Child
Moses (Moise) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) was born November 1851, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) was 35 years old.

1854 Birth of Child
Elizabeth (Libby) ROWE (TETR(E)AULT) was born 26 August 1854, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) was 38 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 Birth of Child
Charlotte TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) was born 8 November 1857, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) was 41 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont
Peter Roe, 45, day laborer, b. Canada
Betsey, 35, b. Canada
Peter, 16, b. VT
Amos, 14, b. VT
Sarah Blanchard, 14, b. VT
Moses Roe, 9, b. VT
Elizabeth, 6, b. VT
Charlotte, 3, b. VT
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1860 Marriage of Child
Julia A TETREAULT (ROWE) married 7 January 1860, Burlington, Vermont, USA to Louis POTVIN

1861 Birth of Child
Josephine TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) was born 3 November 1861, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) was 45 years old.

1863 Marriage of Child
Mary TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) married 26 January 1863, Burlington, Vermont, USA to Pierre Henri (Peter) VINCENT

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

1868 Marriage of Child
Catherine TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) married 24 February 1868 , Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay) to Isaac (Arthur) WELLS

1868 Marriage of Child
Peter TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) married 24 February 1868, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay) to Rosa (Rosella) Stern WELLS

1870 Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont
Rowe, Peter, 67, farmer, b. Canada
Betsey, 56, keeping house, b. Canada
Amos, 20, farm laborer, b. VT
Moses, 19, farm laborer, b. VT
Libbie, 15, at home, b. VT
Charlotte, 14, at home, b. VT
Josephine, 8, at home, b. VT
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1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Marriage of Child
Elizabeth (Libby) ROWE (TETR(E)AULT) married 1 January 1877, Burlington, Vermont, USA to Peter Joseph BROWE (BREAULT)

1877 Marriage of Child
Charlotte TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) married 13 August 1877, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay) to Daniel BEAN

1877 Marriage of Child
Amos ROWE married 18 September 1877, Williston, Vermont, USA to Lucy HARPER

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

Death
name: Betsey Cross Rowe
event: Death
event date: 20 Feb 1879
event place: , , Vermont, United States
gender: Female
age: 66
estimated birth year: 1813
father: Lewis Cross
mother: Catherine Benway
spouse:
spouse's father:
spouse's mother:
film number: 540139
digital folder number: 004358382
image number: 06355

'Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954,' index and images, FamilySearch (https:/ / familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ XF7B-3XX : accessed 11 Feb 2013), Betsey Cross Rowe, 1879.
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