Rose VIGEANT

(b. 9 November 1801 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 7 February 1853 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )

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Rose VIGEANT was born 9 November 1801 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Rose VIGEANT was the child of Florentin VIGEANT and Marie-Rosalie GAUDET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Florentin VIGEANT dit TAUPIER and Marie-Josephe GAZAILLE dite ST-GERMAIN (maternal) François GAUDET and Marie-Josephe BOUSQUET

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

Rose married Isidore MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS 28 September 1824 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isidore MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS was born 22 May 1801 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Isidore was the child of Louis MESSIER dit ST-FRANCOIS and Marie-Anne BOUSQUET.

Rose VIGEANT died 7 February 1853 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East.

m. Messier Isidore

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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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Rose VIGEANT married

Isidore MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS-- Date: 28 September 1824 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Isidore MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS was the child of Louis MESSIER dit ST-FRANCOIS and Marie-Anne BOUSQUET

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Children of Isidore MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Rose VIGEANT:

Hermine MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS (b.20 April 1839, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Olivier ARCHAMBAULT 23 June 1857 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1801 Birth
9 November 1801
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Rose VIGEANT and Isidore MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS 28 September 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

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

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Hermine MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS was born 20 April 1839, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Rose was 37 years old.

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)