Augustin ROBIDOUX

(b. 20 August 1850 , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 May 1928 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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Augustin ROBIDOUX was born 20 August 1850 in Québec Province, Canada

Augustin ROBIDOUX was the child of Amable ROBIDOUX and Marie-Anne GOUPIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin ROBIDOUX and Marguerite DEMERS (maternal) Andre GOUPIL and Amable GUYON

Augustin was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1876.

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

Augustin married Caroline LAROCHE 7 August 1871 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Caroline LAROCHE was born 4 August 1852 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Caroline died 20 February 1920 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Caroline was the child of Joseph BRIA dit LAROCHE and Marie SAVAGE.

Augustin ROBIDOUX died 19 May 1928 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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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 Augustin ROBIDOUX

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Augustin ROBIDOUX married

Caroline LAROCHE-- Date: 7 August 1871 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Caroline LAROCHE was the child of Joseph BRIA dit LAROCHE and Marie SAVAGE

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Children of Augustin ROBIDOUX and Caroline LAROCHE:

Georgiana Marion ROBIDOUX (b.15 June 1879, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada d. 16 January 1954, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Jean Baptiste RENO (RENAUD) 10 September 1906 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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1850 Birth
20 August 1850
Québec Province, Canada

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

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

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.

1871 Marriage / Partner
Augustin ROBIDOUX and Caroline LAROCHE 7 August 1871, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 20 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

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 Birth of Child
Georgiana Marion ROBIDOUX was born 15 June 1879, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Augustin was 28 years old.

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

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

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

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

1906 Marriage of Child
Georgiana Marion ROBIDOUX married 10 September 1906, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Jean Baptiste RENO (RENAUD)

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 Death of Spouse/Partner
Caroline LAROCHE died 20 February 1920, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 Death
19 May 1928
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

He died at the age of 77.