Pierre ROUSSEL

(b. 25 September 1772 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 June 1848 , Les Éboulements, Canada East )

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Pierre ROUSSEL was born 25 September 1772 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre ROUSSEL was the child of Robert-Leonard ROUSSEL and Marguerite BACQUET dite LAMONTAGNE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre BACQUET dit LAMONTAGNE and Marguerite MONTMINY

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

Pierre married Victoire BILODEAU 24 August 1819 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Victoire BILODEAU was born abt. 1790 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Victoire died 18 June 1860 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Victoire was the child of Joseph BILODEAU and Madeleine HERVE.

Pierre ROUSSEL died 7 June 1848 in Les Éboulements, Canada East .
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Occupation

Pierre ROUSSEL was a charpentier.
In New France, the occupation of charpentier, or carpenter, covered all trades of wood construction.

Source: tfcq.ca

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Pierre ROUSSEL married

Victoire BILODEAU-- Date: 24 August 1819 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Victoire BILODEAU was the child of Joseph BILODEAU and Madeleine HERVE

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Children of Pierre ROUSSEL and Victoire BILODEAU:

Marcelline ROUSSEL (b.22 May 1821, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 18 April 1891, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Gonzague TREMBLAY 18 January 1842 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève ROUSSEL (b.28 June 1823, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 7 November 1886, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Ovide TREMBLAY 24 January 1843 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1772 Birth
25 September 1772
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Pierre ROUSSEL and Victoire BILODEAU 24 August 1819, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 46 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Marcelline ROUSSEL was born 22 May 1821, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 48 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Geneviève ROUSSEL was born 28 June 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 50 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)

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Marcelline ROUSSEL married 18 January 1842, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Gonzague TREMBLAY

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Marriage of Child
Geneviève ROUSSEL married 24 January 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Ovide TREMBLAY

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)