Luce CAMIRAND

Born

18 October 1818 , Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

11 June 1894 , Ste-Hélène-de-Chester, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada

Luce married Oliver-Placid DESILETS 12 January 1841 in Nicolet, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Oliver-Placid DESILETS was born 19 September 1817 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Oliver-Placid died 1 June 1894 in Ste-Hélène-de-Chester, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada. Oliver-Placid was the child of Joseph DÉSILETS and Marie-Judith CORMIER .

Parents & Family of Luce CAMIRAND

Parents of Luce CAMIRAND

Father

Joseph CAMIRAND

Mother

Luce-Louise LORD

Grandparents of Luce CAMIRAND

Paternal grandparents

André CAMIRAND Marie LORD

Maternal grandparents

Jean Baptiste LORD (LAURE) Marie-Josephte GELINAS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Luce CAMIRAND

Luce CAMIRAND married

Oliver-Placid DESILETS
Marriage date: 12 January 1841
Marriage place: Nicolet, Canada East
Oliver-Placid DESILETS was the child of Joseph DÉSILETS and Marie-Judith CORMIER

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

Children of Oliver-Placid DESILETS and Luce CAMIRAND

Marie DESILETS

Born: 1 February 1850, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East
Died: 27 December 1930, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada

Azilda DESILETS

Born: 4 March 1852, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Athanase LAVIGNE 7 October 1872

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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
18 October 1818
Nicolet, 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 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Marriage / Partner
Luce CAMIRAND and Oliver-Placid DESILETS 12 January 1841, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

She was 22 years old.

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Marie DESILETS was born 1 February 1850, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Luce was 31 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Azilda DESILETS was born 4 March 1852, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Luce was 33 years old.

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.