Louis-Pierre DESROSIERS

(b. 12 December 1829 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 6 February 1907 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada )

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Louis-Pierre DESROSIERS was born 12 December 1829 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Louis-Pierre DESROSIERS was the child of Laurent DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Felicite CHARRON dite DUCHARME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Angelique-Desanges LAPORTE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Marie-Louise LESIEGE

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

Louis-Pierre married Henriette ROCH 19 April 1852 in Berthierville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henriette ROCH was born 25 August 1831 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada. Henriette died 19 May 1900 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Henriette was the child of Charles-Emmanuel ROCH and Henriette GUIMOND.

Louis-Pierre DESROSIERS died 6 February 1907 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Louis-Pierre DESROSIERS was a instituteur.

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Louis-Pierre DESROSIERS

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Louis-Pierre DESROSIERS married

Henriette ROCH-- Date: 19 April 1852 Place: Berthierville, Canada East
Henriette ROCH was the child of Charles-Emmanuel ROCH and Henriette GUIMOND

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Children of Louis-Pierre DESROSIERS and Henriette ROCH:

Joseph Alfred Emile DESROSIERS (b.5 April 1867, Berthierville, Canada East d. 2 March 1919, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
m. Marie Eugenie "Mary Jane" PLANTE 31 May 1893 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1829 Birth
12 December 1829
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

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

1852 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Pierre DESROSIERS and Henriette ROCH 19 April 1852, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 22 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.

1867 Birth of Child
Joseph Alfred Emile DESROSIERS was born 5 April 1867, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Louis-Pierre was 37 years old.

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.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

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.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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 Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1893 Marriage of Child
Joseph Alfred Emile DESROSIERS married 31 May 1893, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marie Eugenie "Mary Jane" PLANTE

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1900 Death of Spouse/Partner
Henriette ROCH died 19 May 1900, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907 Death
6 February 1907
Berthierville, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 77.

Added: 3/29/2021 11:12:59 AM - Updated: 3/29/2021 11:30:04 AM