Jean-Baptiste DESILETS
Married: Severine-Blanche ROUX 18 February 1895 Place: Saint-Célestin, Québec, Canada
Charles-Gamélicès
DESILETS
Born
17 July 1833
,
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died
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Born: 17 July 1833 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Father:
Joseph DÉSILETS
Mother:
Marie BAUDON
Paternal grandparents:
Joseph DÉSILETS
, Marie-Judith CORMIER
Maternal grandparents:
Joseph BAUDON dit LARIVIERE
, Marie-Anne BERGERON
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Charles-Gamélicès married Marie-Éléonore GAGNON 28 January 1856 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East . Marie-Éléonore GAGNON was born 3 August 1839 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Marie-Éléonore died abt. 1861 Marie-Éléonore was the child of Raphael GAGNON and Marie-Esther NOEL.
Charles-Gamélicès married (2) Elizabeth ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) 23 April 1861 in Saint-Célestin, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) was born abt. 1843 in Québec Province, Canada. Elizabeth was the child of Louis ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Josephte BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU).
Charles-Gamélicès DESILETS died 25 July 1901 in Saint-Samuel-de-Horton, Saint-Samuel, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada.
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Spouse & Children of Charles-Gamélicès DESILETS
Charles-Gamélicès DESILETS married 
Marie-Éléonore GAGNON
Marriage date: 28 January 1856
Marriage place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marie-Éléonore GAGNON was the child of Raphael GAGNON and Marie-Esther NOEL
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Marie-Éléonore GAGNONMarriage date: 28 January 1856
Marriage place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marie-Éléonore GAGNON was the child of Raphael GAGNON and Marie-Esther NOEL
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Charles-Gamélicès DESILETS and Marie-Éléonore GAGNON
No children are currently listed for this couple.
Charles-Gamélicès DESILETS married Elizabeth ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)
Marriage date: 23 April 1861
Marriage place: Saint-Célestin, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Elizabeth ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) was the child of Louis ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Josephte BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Elizabeth ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)Marriage date: 23 April 1861
Marriage place: Saint-Célestin, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Elizabeth ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) was the child of Louis ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Josephte BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Charles-Gamélicès DESILETS and Elizabeth ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)
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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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Birth — 183317 July 1833
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1856 Marriage / PartnerCharles-Gamélicès DESILETS and Marie-Éléonore GAGNON 28 January 1856, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*
He was 22 years old.
1856 marriage
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1861 Marriage / PartnerCharles-Gamélicès DESILETS and Elizabeth ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) 23 April 1861, Saint-Célestin, Québec, Canada
He was 27 years old.
1861 marriage
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
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.
1868 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste DESILETS was born 31 December 1868, Saint-Célestin, Québec, Canada
Charles-Gamélicès was 35 years old.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 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. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1895 Marriage of ChildJean-Baptiste DESILETS married 18 February 1895 , Saint-Célestin, Québec, Canada to Severine-Blanche ROUX
1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Death — 190125 July 1901
Saint-Samuel-de-Horton, Saint-Samuel, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 68.
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