Jean-Baptiste ROUX

Born

28 January 1798 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

6 October 1855 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

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François-Xavier ROUX Marie-Josephe MARTIN

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Born: 28 January 1798 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: François-Xavier ROUX

Mother: Marie-Josephe MARTIN

Paternal grandparents: Simon-Prisque ROUX , Marie-Louise LEMAY dite LE POUDRIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-François MARTIN , Marguerite LATERREUR dite GUEGIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Thérèse LEBLANC 8 May 1821 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Thérèse LEBLANC was born 24 April 1798 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Marie-Thérèse died 15 May 1874 in Sainte-Victoire, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Thérèse was the child of Alexis LEBLANC and Marie-Françoise COMEAU.

Jean-Baptiste ROUX died 6 October 1855 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East .
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Jean-Baptiste ROUX married

Marie-Thérèse LEBLANC
Marriage date: 8 May 1821
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie-Thérèse LEBLANC was the child of Alexis LEBLANC and Marie-Françoise COMEAU

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Children of Jean-Baptiste ROUX and Marie-Thérèse LEBLANC

Marie ROUX dite SANSCHAGRIN

Born: 10 April 1828, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 8 March 1883, Methuen, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Louis-Antoine BILODEAU 23 August 1842

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Birth — 1798
28 January 1798
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROUX and Marie-Thérèse LEBLANC 8 May 1821, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 23 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)

1828 Birth of Child
Marie ROUX dite SANSCHAGRIN was born 10 April 1828, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

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

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)

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.