Amable ROBIDOUX

(b. 22 October 1805 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada d. 26 May 1878 , Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada )

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Amable ROBIDOUX was born 22 October 1805 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

Amable ROBIDOUX was the child of Augustin ROBIDOUX and Marguerite DEMERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin ROBIDOUX and Marguerite BARRETTE (maternal) Pierre DEMERS and Marguerite LEFORT

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

Amable married Marie-Anne GOUPIL 3 October 1831 in Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Anne GOUPIL was born abt. 1811 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of Andre GOUPIL and Amable GUYON.

Amable ROBIDOUX died 26 May 1878 in Roxton Falls, Québec, 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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Family and Children of Amable ROBIDOUX

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Amable ROBIDOUX married

Marie-Anne GOUPIL-- Date: 3 October 1831 Place: Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne GOUPIL was the child of Andre GOUPIL and Amable GUYON

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Children of Amable ROBIDOUX and Marie-Anne GOUPIL:

Sophronie ROBIDOUX (b.9 July 1834, Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada d. abt. 1917, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Jean Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE 1 October 1849 in Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada (Milton)

Philomene ROBIDOUX (b.19 October 1841, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Canada East d. 11 December 1881, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada )
m. Elie BOUCHARD 18 January 1859 in Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Augustin ROBIDOUX (b.20 August 1850, , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 May 1928, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Caroline LAROCHE 7 August 1871 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1805 Birth
22 October 1805
Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

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

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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage / Partner
Amable ROBIDOUX and Marie-Anne GOUPIL 3 October 1831, Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Sophronie ROBIDOUX was born 9 July 1834, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

Amable was 28 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Philomene ROBIDOUX was born 19 October 1841, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon)

Amable was 36 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)

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Sophronie ROBIDOUX married 1 October 1849, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada (Milton) to Jean Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

1850 Birth of Child
Augustin ROBIDOUX was born 20 August 1850, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Amable was 44 years old.

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

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

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

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Philomene ROBIDOUX married 18 January 1859, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton) to Elie BOUCHARD

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.