Judith MASSÉ

Born

3 January 1791 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

Died

13 February 1871 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada

Judith married Joseph DESORCY 1 February 1813 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DESORCY was born 7 September 1791 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada . Joseph was the child of Pierre DÉSORCY and Francoise ST-MARTIN .

Parents & Family of Judith MASSÉ

Parents of Judith MASSÉ

Father

Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ

Mother

Marguerite DÉSORCY dite LINCOUR

Grandparents of Judith MASSÉ

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ Marie-Ursule HUS COURNOYER

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste DÉSORCY dit LINCOUR Marie-Thérèse BERARD dite LEPINE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Judith MASSÉ

Judith MASSÉ married

Joseph DESORCY
Marriage date: 1 February 1813
Marriage place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada
Joseph DESORCY was the child of Pierre DÉSORCY and Francoise ST-MARTIN

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

Children of Joseph DESORCY and Judith MASSÉ

Marie-Liberee DESORCY

Born: 30 May 1817, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada
Died: 2 April 1897, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

Married: Augustin DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ 26 January 1847 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, 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 — 1791
3 January 1791
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Judith MASSÉ and Joseph DESORCY 1 February 1813, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

She was 22 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Marie-Liberee DESORCY was born 30 May 1817, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Judith was 26 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 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 - 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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Marie-Liberee DESORCY married 26 January 1847, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East to Augustin DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ

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

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.