Jean-Baptiste DESORCY
Married: Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE 21 August 1838 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste
DESORCY
Born
9 October 1792
,
Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died
22 June 1854
,
Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East
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Born: 9 October 1792 in Berthierville, Lower Canada
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Jean-Baptiste married Therese SYLVESTRE 24 July 1815 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese SYLVESTRE was born 17 April 1792 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada. Therese was the child of Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE and Therese GREGOIRE.
Jean-Baptiste DESORCY died 22 June 1854 in Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East.
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Jean-Baptiste DESORCY married 
Therese SYLVESTRE
Marriage date: 24 July 1815
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Therese SYLVESTRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE and Therese GREGOIRE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Therese SYLVESTREMarriage date: 24 July 1815
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Therese SYLVESTRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE and Therese GREGOIRE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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- Early 1600s–1760
- Canada, New France
- 1760–1763
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- 1763–1791
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- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
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Birth — 17929 October 1792
Berthierville, Lower Canada
1815 Marriage / PartnerJean-Baptiste DESORCY and Therese SYLVESTRE 24 July 1815, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada
He was 22 years old.
1816 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste DESORCY was born 10 April 1816, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.
1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1838 Marriage of ChildJean-Baptiste DESORCY married 21 August 1838, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada to Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
Death — 185422 June 1854
Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East
He died at the age of 61.
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