Jean-Baptiste DESORCY

Born

10 April 1816 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Died

6 July 1898 , Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste DESORCY

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Born: 10 April 1816 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Parents of Jean-Baptiste DESORCY

Father

Jean-Baptiste DESORCY

Mother

Therese SYLVESTRE

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste DESORCY

Paternal grandparents

Pierre DÉSORCY Francoise ST-MARTIN

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE Therese GREGOIRE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE 21 August 1838 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE was born 10 November 1819 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada. Sophie died 5 January 1861 in Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East. Sophie was the child of Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE and Angélique ROUSSEAU.

Jean-Baptiste DESORCY died 6 July 1898 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste DESORCY

Jean-Baptiste DESORCY married

Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE
Marriage date: 21 August 1838
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE was the child of Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE and Angélique ROUSSEAU

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste DESORCY and Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE

Marie Mathilde DESORCY

Born: 14 March 1842, Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East
Died: 8 June 1916, Burrillville, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Louis HENAULT 7 February 1860 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East

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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 — 1816
10 April 1816
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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 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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESORCY and Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE 21 August 1838, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Marie Mathilde DESORCY was born 14 March 1842, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Marie Mathilde DESORCY married 7 February 1860, Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East to Louis HENAULT

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE died 5 January 1861, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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.