Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)

(b. 21 August 1730 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 3 March 1801 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) was born 21 August 1730 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) was the child of Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) and Marie-Anne MESNY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) dit L'ESPAGNOL and Jeanne SÉGUIN (maternal) Claude MESNY and Marie DENIGER SANSOUCY

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

Joseph married Marie-Marguerite DUPUIS 12 January 1756 in Saint-Constant, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Marguerite DUPUIS was born 13 November 1735 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Marguerite died 20 July 1801 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Louis DUPUIS and Marguerite ROY.

Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) died 3 March 1801 in La Prairie, 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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Family and Children of Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)

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Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) married

Marie-Marguerite DUPUIS-- Date: 12 January 1756 Place: Saint-Constant, Canada, New France
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Marie-Marguerite DUPUIS was the child of Louis DUPUIS and Marguerite ROY

Children of Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) and Marie-Marguerite DUPUIS:

Marguerite ROBIDOUX (b.21 October 1758, Saint-Constant, Canada, New France d. 24 September 1831, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada)
m. Antoine BOYER 17 May 1779 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Augustin ROBIDOUX (b.8 October 1764, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Suzanne BOYER 14 February 1791 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Toussaint ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) (b.26 April 1769, Saint-Constant, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 May 1818, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite VAUTRIN dite BIENVENU 18 November 1793 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1730 Birth
21 August 1730
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) and Marie-Marguerite DUPUIS 12 January 1756, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Marguerite ROBIDOUX was born 21 October 1758, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 28 years old.

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Augustin ROBIDOUX was born 8 October 1764, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph was 34 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Toussaint ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) was born 26 April 1769, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 38 years old.

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Marguerite ROBIDOUX married 17 May 1779, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Antoine BOYER

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Augustin ROBIDOUX married 14 February 1791, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Suzanne BOYER

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

1793 Marriage of Child
Toussaint ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) married 18 November 1793, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marguerite VAUTRIN dite BIENVENU

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)