Helene-Eleonore ROBSON

(b. 14 March 1807 , Québec, Lower Canada d. 19 January 1866 , Québec, Canada East )

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Helene-Eleonore ROBSON was born 14 March 1807 in Québec, Lower Canada

Helene-Eleonore ROBSON was the child of Guillaume (William) ROBSON and Ellen BOYTE (BOYD) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Robert BOYTE (BOYD) and Sarah REDFORD

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Helene-Eleonore married Michel CONNOLLY (CONNELLY) 21 October 1828 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel CONNOLLY (CONNELLY) was born abt. 1794 Michel died 7 December 1884 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).

Helene-Eleonore ROBSON died 19 January 1866 in Québec, Canada East .
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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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Helene-Eleonore ROBSON married

Michel CONNOLLY (CONNELLY)-- Date: 21 October 1828 Place: Québec, Lower Canada
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Children of Michel CONNOLLY (CONNELLY) and Helene-Eleonore ROBSON:

Mary-Ellen CONNOLLY (b.3 July 1831, Québec, Lower Canada d. 6 November 1891, Québec, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre-Alexis TREMBLAY 6 September 1870 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1807 Birth
14 March 1807
Québec, 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)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Helene-Eleonore ROBSON and Michel CONNOLLY (CONNELLY) 21 October 1828, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 21 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Mary-Ellen CONNOLLY was born 3 July 1831, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Helene-Eleonore was 24 years old.

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.