Misael LAJOIE

Born

Died

18 May 1897 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

Misael married Marie-Louise-Rebecca CLOUTIER 12 February 1861 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Louise-Rebecca CLOUTIER was born 10 September 1838 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie-Louise-Rebecca was the child of Joseph CLOUTIER and Marie-Louise BLAIS .

Parents & Family of Misael LAJOIE

Parents of Misael LAJOIE

Father

Pierre MANCEAU dit LAJOIE (MOURSIN)

Mother

Sophie ROCH

Grandparents of Misael LAJOIE

Paternal grandparents

Elie MANCEAU dit LAJOIE (MOURSIN) Angélique-Brigitte DUPUIS

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Misael LAJOIE

Misael LAJOIE married

Marie-Louise-Rebecca CLOUTIER
Marriage date: 12 February 1861
Marriage place: Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Louise-Rebecca CLOUTIER was the child of Joseph CLOUTIER and Marie-Louise BLAIS

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Misael LAJOIE and Marie-Louise-Rebecca CLOUTIER

Misael Homere Armand LAJOIE

Born: January, 1862, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East
Died: May, 1923, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Married: Eloise LAURENDEAU

Rodrique LAJOIE

Born: October, 1869, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Palmana LAJOIE

Born: November 4, 1870, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Rosa-Lidia-Alexandrine LAJOIE

Born: March 25, 1874, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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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)

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

1861 Marriage / Partner
Misael LAJOIE and Marie-Louise-Rebecca CLOUTIER 12 February 1861, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)

1861 marriage

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

1862 Birth of Child
Misael Homere Armand LAJOIE was born January, 1862, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1869 Birth of Child
Rodrique LAJOIE was born October, 1869, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1870 Birth of Child
Palmana LAJOIE was born November 4, 1870, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Birth of Child
Marie-Rosa-Lidia-Alexandrine LAJOIE was born March 25, 1874, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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

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

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1881

Name: Mísael Lajoie
Name Note:
Gender: Male
Age: 43y
Birth Year: 1838
BirthPlace: Quebec
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Plombier
Ethnicity: French
Religion: Catholique
Head of Household Name: Mísael Lajoie
Born During Last Year:
Event Place: St-Jean-Baptiste (Village), Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada
District Number: 91
Sub-District: A
Division: 3
Page Number: 48
Household ID: 1165631
Family Number: 261
Digital Folder Number: 4465263
Image Number: 00171
GS Film Number: 1375857
Affiliate Film Number: C-13221

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Mísael Lajoie M 43y Quebec
Rebecca Lajoie F 42y Quebec
Omer Lajoie M 19y Quebec
Rodrique Lajoie M 12y Quebec
Palmana Lajoie F 10y Quebec
Lydia Lajoie F 7y Quebec

'Canada Census, 1881,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ MVJT-T1M : accessed 15 March 2015), Mísael Lajoie, St-Jean-Baptiste (Village), Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 48; Library and Archives Canada film number

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1881 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891

Name: Misael Lajoie
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Birth Year (Estimated): 1836
BirthPlace: Quebec
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Roman Catholic
Province: Quebec
District: Montréal Centre
District Number: 172
Sub-District: St Laurent Ward
Affiliate Film Number: 30953_148210

'Canada Census, 1891,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ MW53-KMM : accessed 15 March 2015), Misael Lajoie, St Laurent Ward, Montréal Centre, Quebec, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148210.

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1891 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada