Theotiste DESROSIERS

Born

4 March 1842 , Lavaltrie, Canada East

Died

1 February 1884 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Parents & Family of Theotiste DESROSIERS

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Born: 4 March 1842 in Lavaltrie, Canada East

Parents of Theotiste DESROSIERS

Father

Basile DESROSIERS

Mother

Theotiste BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Grandparents of Theotiste DESROSIERS

Paternal grandparents

Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS Marie-Catherine BONIN

Maternal grandparents

Alexis BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE Theotiste PAGÉ

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

Theotiste married Eusebe DEMERS 6 October 1863 in Lanoraie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Eusebe DEMERS was born 11 May 1836 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada . Eusebe was the child of François DEMERS and Eleonore BARIL.

Theotiste DESROSIERS died 1 February 1884 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Theotiste DESROSIERS

Theotiste DESROSIERS married

Eusebe DEMERS
Marriage date: 6 October 1863
Marriage place: Lanoraie, Canada East
Eusebe DEMERS was the child of François DEMERS and Eleonore BARIL

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Children of Eusebe DEMERS and Theotiste DESROSIERS

Marie-Louise-Zepherine DEMERS

Born: 30 May 1872, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Joseph-Eusebe-Albert DEMERS

Born: 19 August 1864, Lanoraie, Canada East
Died: 4 January 1943, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Mary LEBLANC 18 January 1886 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Clorida MARTEL 31 December 1894 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Louis Joseph DEMERS

Born: 7 February 1867, Lanoraie, Canada East
Died: abt. 1944, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Marie-Emerentienne DEMERS

Born: 18 March 1868, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Georgina DEMERS

Born: 22 June 1869, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Jean-Baptiste-Zenon DEMERS

Born: 10 September 1870, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Euprhonsine DEMERS

Born: 1 October 1873, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Joseph-Antime DEMERS

Born: 13 March 1875, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada
Died: 18 August 1875, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Alexis DEMERS

Born: 13 May 1876, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Joseph-Edmond-Placide DEMERS

Born: 14 August 1877, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Anne DEMERS

Born: 15 July 1879, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Carmelice DEMERS

Born: 30 August 1881, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Birth — 1842
4 March 1842
Lavaltrie, Canada East

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

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

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

1863 Marriage / Partner
Theotiste DESROSIERS and Eusebe DEMERS 6 October 1863, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

She was 21 years old.

1863 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Joseph-Eusebe-Albert DEMERS was born 19 August 1864, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 22 years old.

1867 Birth of Child
Louis Joseph DEMERS was born 7 February 1867, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 24 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Marie-Emerentienne DEMERS was born 18 March 1868, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 26 years old.

1869 Birth of Child
Marie-Georgina DEMERS was born 22 June 1869, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 27 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Zenon DEMERS was born 10 September 1870, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 28 years old.

1827 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Zepherine DEMERS was born 30 May 1872, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 30 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Euprhonsine DEMERS was born 1 October 1873, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 31 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
Joseph-Antime DEMERS was born 13 March 1875, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 33 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Joseph-Alexis DEMERS was born 13 May 1876, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 34 years old.

1877 Birth of Child
Joseph-Edmond-Placide DEMERS was born 14 August 1877, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 35 years old.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne DEMERS was born 15 July 1879, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 37 years old.

1881 Birth of Child
Marie-Carmelice DEMERS was born 30 August 1881, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 39 years old.

Death

Name: Teotiste Desrosiers
[Theotiste Desrosiers]
Event Type: Death
Birth Date: abt 1842
Death Date: 1 Feb 1884
Death Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts
Death Age: 42
Father Name: Bazile Desrosiers
Mother Name: Theodore Champagne

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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