Fabien DESROSIERS

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12 April 1818 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Died

4 July 1879 , Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Louis DESROSIERS Marie-Geneviève CUSSON dite FOUBERT

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Born: 12 April 1818 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Father: Louis DESROSIERS

Mother: Marie-Geneviève CUSSON dite FOUBERT

Paternal grandparents: Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS , Reine COURTIN dite SANSCHAGRIN

Maternal grandparents: Joseph CUSSON dit FOUBERT , Agathe VIGNEAULT

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Fabien married Josephe GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY 29 September 1840 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephe GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada. Josephe was the child of Charles GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Anne DESROSIERS.

Fabien DESROSIERS died 4 July 1879 in Iberville, Québec, Canada .
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Fabien DESROSIERS married

Josephe GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY
Marriage date: 29 September 1840
Marriage place: Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

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Josephe GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY was the child of Charles GRIVEAULT dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Anne DESROSIERS

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Children of Fabien DESROSIERS and Josephe GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY

Alphonsine DESROSIERS

Born: abt. 1854, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Moise BOUCHER 7 September 1874 Place: Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1818
12 April 1818
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Fabien DESROSIERS and Josephe GRIVEAULT dite BOISJOLY 29 September 1840 , Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 22 years old.

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.

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.