Francois-Xavier ROBERT

(b. 6 December 1817 , Boucherville, Lower Canada d. 2 October 1877 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada )

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Francois-Xavier ROBERT was born 6 December 1817 in Boucherville, Lower Canada

Francois-Xavier ROBERT was the child of Antoine ROBERT and Julienne MOQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis ROBERT and Josephte MARCIL (maternal) Jacques MOQUIN and Angelique BOUTEILLE

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

Francois-Xavier married Aglae PROVOST 6 February 1844 in Boucherville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Aglae PROVOST was born 17 February 1827 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Aglae died 30 November 1900 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Aglae was the child of Toussaint PROVOST and Sophie NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL.

Francois-Xavier ROBERT died 2 October 1877 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Francois-Xavier ROBERT was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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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Francois-Xavier ROBERT married

Aglae PROVOST-- Date: 6 February 1844 Place: Boucherville, Canada East

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Aglae PROVOST was the child of Toussaint PROVOST and Sophie NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL

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Children of Francois-Xavier ROBERT and Aglae PROVOST:

Azilda ROBERT (b.abt. 1850, , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 December 1887, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, Canada )
m. Antoine TREMBLAY 16 November 1870 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1817 Birth
6 December 1817
Boucherville, Lower Canada

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)

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

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

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

1844 Marriage / Partner
Francois-Xavier ROBERT and Aglae PROVOST 6 February 1844, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 26 years old.

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.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.