Basile Robert (1786 - 1876)

Born 6 Jan 1786 in Chambly, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Josephte (Dubreuil) Robert — married 19 Apr 1805 (to 16 Sep 1808) in Chambly, Chambly, Lower Canada

Husband of Marie Magdeleine (Lessart) Robert — married 30 Nov 1809 (to 17 Nov 1850) in Chambly, Kent, Lower Canada

Descendants

Died 10 May 1876 at age 90 in St. Cyprien, Napierville, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Basile, son of Francois Gabriel and Marie Catherine (Pepin) Robert was born in Chambly, Quebec, Canada on 5 Jan 1786;

• Basile married first Josephte, daughter of Andre Marie and Marie Charlotte (Cournoyer) Dubreuil there on 19 April 1805;
• Basile married second Marie Madeleine, daughter of Joseph and Marie Josephe (Choret) Lessard, there on 20 Nov 1809;
• Basile married third Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham and Marguerite (Defossis) Lizotte in Napierville, Quebec on 30 Jun 1851;

Basile Robert died in Keeseville, Clinton, New York, United States on 8 May 1876, he was buried in Napierville, Quebec.

Basile died at age 91 probably at the home of his daughter Flavia in Keeseville and was buried in Napierville, Quebec at St-Cyprien Cemetery. Soon after Pierre’s death daughter Flavia and her husband Pierre Filion removed to Winchendon, Massachusetts where they lived the remainder of their lives. A son Basile (Jr) and his family also moved to Clinton County, New York.

Basile survived his three spouses and twelve of his fourteen known children.

Children

Basile and Josephte Dubreuil had one daughter

1. Josephte Robert (1806-1899), m. Pierre Therrien

Basile and Madeleine Lessard had twelve children ^[1]

Five were born in Chambly, Quebec, Canada

1. Emile (1810-1814), d.y,
2. Esube (1812-1814), son d.y.
3. Esubie (1815-1850), m. 1836 Francois Tribeau
4. Norbert (1816-1816), d.y.
5. Aglae (1818-1850), m. 1836 Anselme Pare

Seven were born in Napierville, Quebec, Canada

1. Moise (1819-1820), d.y.
2. Edouard ((1821-1849), m. 1838 Marcelline Berthiaume
3. Flavia (1823-1896) m. 1840 Pierre Fillion
4. Basile (1826-1877), m. abt 1849 Flavia Gagnier
5. Moise ( (1827-1828), d.y.
6. Esther (1820-1852), m. 1846 Silas Trombly
7. Julien (1831-1833), d.y.

Timeline

• 1786, 5 Jan - birth at Chambly, Quebec
• 1786, 6Jan - baptized at St-Joseph-de-Chambly
• 1805, 19 Apr - married Josephte Dubreuii at St-Joseph-de-Chambly
• 1808, 16 Sep - death of Josephte Dubreuil in Chambly, Quebec, burial there at St-Joseph
• 1809, 20 Nov - married Madeleine Lessard at St-Joseph-de-Chambly ^[2]
• 1810 to 1817 - births of 5 children in Chambly
• 1819 to 1831 - births of 7 children in Napierville
• 1831, at home at age 45 with household person count 9 at Delry, L'Acadie, Quebec. ^[3]
• 1850- death of Madeleine Lassard at Napierville, Quebec, burial there at St-Cyprien.
• 1851, 30 Jun - married Elisabeth Lizotte at St-Cyprien, Napierville, Quebec
• 18?? - removed to Keeseville, Clinton, New York, USA
• 1876, 8 May - died in Keeseville, New York ^[4]
• 1876, 10 May - buried at St-Cyprien, Napierville, Quebec ^[5], ^[6]

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ “Basile Roberts in Genealogy of Canada, ID #1703906,” database on line Genealogy of Canada
2. ↑ "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 ," database online, Ancestry, Ancestry Image
3. ↑ "Canada, recensement du Bas-Canada, 1831," database with images, FamilySearch [1]
4. ↑ "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 ," database online, Ancestry,Ancestry Image
5. ↑ "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-C5Y?cc=1321742&wc=HCG1-829%3A19652301%2C19652302%2C20724001 : 16 July 2014), Saint-Cyprien > Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1866-1876 Confirmations 1867-1876 > image 420 of 522; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W6VZ-YST2 : 17 December 2020), Moses, ; Burial, Napierville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada, Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville Cemetery; citing record ID 200055842, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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