Augustin ROUSSEAU

(b. 5 August 1748 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1821 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Augustin ROUSSEAU was born 5 August 1748 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Augustin ROUSSEAU was the child of Louis ROUSSEAU and Marie-Angélique DUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean ROUSSEAU and Marie DESTROISMAISONS (maternal) Laurent DUBE and Geneviève BOUCHER

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

Augustin married Marie-Josephte LESAGE 14 August 1780 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte LESAGE was born abt. 1762 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josephte died 22 July 1850 in St-Eusèbe-de-Standfold, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Nicolas LESAGE and Therese LAMOTHE.

Augustin ROUSSEAU died 26 May 1821 in Nicolet, Lower 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.

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Augustin ROUSSEAU married

Marie-Josephte LESAGE-- Date: 14 August 1780 Place: Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte LESAGE was the child of Nicolas LESAGE and Therese LAMOTHE

Children of Augustin ROUSSEAU and Marie-Josephte LESAGE:

Marie-Ursule ROUSSEAU (b.12 November 1786, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Francois DESSEIN dit ST PIERRE 13 February 1809 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph ROUSSEAU (b.abt. 1795, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite DROLET 7 August 1827 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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1748 Birth
5 August 1748
Montmagny, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Augustin ROUSSEAU and Marie-Josephte LESAGE 14 August 1780, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 32 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Marie-Ursule ROUSSEAU was born 12 November 1786, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Augustin was 38 years old.

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)

1809 Marriage of Child
Marie-Ursule ROUSSEAU married 13 February 1809, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Francois DESSEIN dit ST PIERRE

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