Robert TURNER

(b. 3 January 1789 , Rivière-du-Loup, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 July 1852 , Sainte-Ursule, Canada )

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Robert TURNER was born 3 January 1789 in Rivière-du-Loup, Province of Québec, Canada

Robert TURNER was the child of John TURNER and Agnes CLARKE

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

Robert married Marguerite BRÛLÉ 15 November 1824 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BRÛLÉ was born 2 August 1801 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marguerite died 9 February 1842 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marguerite was the child of Antoine BRÛLÉ and Pelagie AUCLAIR.

Robert TURNER died 11 July 1852 in Sainte-Ursule, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Robert TURNER married

Marguerite BRÛLÉ-- Date: 15 November 1824 Place: Louiseville, Lower Canada

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Marguerite BRÛLÉ was the child of Antoine BRÛLÉ and Pelagie AUCLAIR

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Children of Robert TURNER and Marguerite BRÛLÉ:

Aurelie TURNER (b.8 February 1829, Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 17 February 1898, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* )
m. Abraham TREMBLAY 14 February 1854

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1789 Birth
3 January 1789
Rivière-du-Loup, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Robert TURNER and Marguerite BRÛLÉ 15 November 1824, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 35 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)

1829 Birth of Child
Aurelie TURNER was born 8 February 1829, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Robert was 40 years old.

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