Pierre (Peter) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE)

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4 April 1802 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

30 July 1894 , Burlington, Vermont, USA

Cause of Death: paralysis

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Antoine TETREAULT Judith BAUDRI (BEAUDRY)

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Born: 4 April 1802 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Antoine TETREAULT

Mother: Judith BAUDRI (BEAUDRY)

Pierre (Peter) was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Pierre (Peter) married Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON) 13 November 1834 in Burlington, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON) was born 12 May 1816 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) died 20 February 1879 in Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay). Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) was the child of Louis LACROIX dit QUEVILLON and Marie Catherine BENOIT.

Pierre (Peter) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) died 30 July 1894 in Burlington, Vermont, USA.

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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
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Pierre (Peter) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) married

Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON)
Marriage date: 13 November 1834
Marriage place: Burlington, Vermont, USA
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Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON) was the child of Louis LACROIX dit QUEVILLON and Marie Catherine BENOIT

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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)

Born: 24 July 1835, Burlington, Vermont, USA
Died: ,

Julia A TETREAULT (ROWE)

Born: abt. 1838, Colchester, Vermont, USA
Died: 7 April 1920, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Married: Louis POTVIN 7 January 1860 Place: Burlington, Vermont, USA

Mary TETR(E)AULT (ROWE)

Born: 18 January 1840, Colchester, Vermont, USA
Died: 8 January 1888, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Married: Pierre Henri (Peter) VINCENT 26 January 1863 Place: Burlington, Vermont, USA

Catherine TETR(E)AULT (ROWE)

Born: May 1841, Colchester, Vermont, USA
Died: 11 June 1913, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Married: Isaac (Arthur) WELLS 24 February 1868 Place: Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Peter TETR(E)AULT (ROWE)

Born: 2 October 1844, Colchester, Vermont, USA
Died: 17 November 1928, Milton, Vermont, USA

Married: Rosa (Rosella) Stern WELLS 24 February 1868 Place: Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Amos ROWE

Born: October 1845, Colchester, Vermont, USA
Died: 21 August 1907, Williston, Vermont, USA

Married: Lucy HARPER 18 September 1877 Place: Williston, Vermont, USA

Moses (Moise) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE)

Born: November 1851, Colchester, Vermont, USA
Died: 1 November 1911, Waterbury, Vermont, USA

Married: Anna WELLS 4 May 1880 Place: Milton, Vermont, USA

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

Born: 26 August 1854, Colchester, Vermont, USA
Died: 18 July 1910, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Peter Joseph BROWE (BREAULT) 1 January 1877 Place: Burlington, Vermont, USA

Charlotte TETR(E)AULT (ROWE)

Born: 8 November 1857, Colchester, Vermont, USA
Died: 21 February 1900, Williston, Vermont, USA

Married: Daniel BEAN 13 August 1877 Place: Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Josephine TETR(E)AULT (ROWE)

Born: 3 November 1861, Colchester, Vermont, USA
Died: 23 July 1916, Williston, Vermont, USA

Married: Joseph BOMBARD 1883

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Birth — 1802
4 April 1802
Québec Province, Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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

He was 32 years old.

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

Pierre (Peter) was 33 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)

Pierre (Peter) was 37 years old.

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

Pierre (Peter) was 39 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)

Pierre (Peter) was 42 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)

Pierre (Peter) was 43 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)

Pierre (Peter) was 49 years old.

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

Pierre (Peter) was 52 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)

Pierre (Peter) was 55 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)

Pierre (Peter) was 59 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.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Death of Spouse/Partner
Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON) died 20 February 1879, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

1880 Milton, Chittenden, Vermont
Lyman Bullock, 39, day laborer
Mary J. Bullock, 27
Peter Rowe, 78, boarder
Delia Wells, 42, boarder

NOTE: Living next to Peter Rowe, his wife, Rosa, and their children: Rosa, Jane, and Harriette.
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1880 Marriage of Child
Moses (Moise) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) married 4 May 1880, Milton, Vermont, USA to Anna WELLS

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

Milton Boro Minutes
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Date: 1888-10-31
Paper: Argus and Patriot
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1888 Death of Child
Mary TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) died 8 January 1888, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Pierre (Peter) was 85 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

Burlington, Vermont City Directories, 1883-93
Name: Peter Rowe

Location 2: 38 Spring

Year: 1889, 1890

City: Burlington

State: VT

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

Burlington, Vermont City Directories, 1883-93
Name: Peter Rowe

Location 2: 38 Spring

Year: 1891

City: Burlington

State: VT

1894 Death
Name: Peter Rowe
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 20 Jul 1894
Death Place: Burlington, Vermont
Age: 98
Birth Date: 1796
Birthplace: Can
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Marital Status: Widowed
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07555-2
Syst Origin: Vermont-EASy
Source Film Number: 540140
Reference Number: Alpha R
Collection: Vermont Deaths and Burials, 1871-1965

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