Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS

(b. 24 January 1826 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 28 June 1883 , Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada )

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Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS was born 24 January 1826 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada

Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS was the child of Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT and Marie-Louise VACHON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexandre GRANDBOIS dit GUILBAUT and Marie-Anne DEMERS (maternal) Charles-Benjamin VACHON and Marie-Josephte MORAND dite DOUVILLE

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Robert-Hulderic married Philys (Philie) TESSIER 20 August 1850 in Saint-Casimir, Canada East . Philys (Philie) TESSIER was born 4 November 1830 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Philys (Philie) died 10 October 1871 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada. Philys (Philie) was the child of Pierre TESSIER and Henriette MORAND dite DOUVILLE.

Robert-Hulderic married (2) Exire TESSIER 15 September 1881 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada . Exire TESSIER was born 8 May 1857 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Exire was the child of Aime TESSIER and Marie-Adele LEDUC.

Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS died 28 June 1883 in Saint-Casimir, 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
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Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS married

Philys (Philie) TESSIER-- Date: 20 August 1850 Place: Saint-Casimir, Canada East
Philys (Philie) TESSIER was the child of Pierre TESSIER and Henriette MORAND dite DOUVILLE

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Exire TESSIER-- Date: 15 September 1881 Place: Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada
Exire TESSIER was the child of Aime TESSIER and Marie-Adele LEDUC

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1826 Birth
24 January 1826
La-Pérade, Lower Canada

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

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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS and Philys (Philie) TESSIER 20 August 1850, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada

He was 24 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

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.