Joseph DAOUST

Born

18 May 1789 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

23 January 1849 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada East

Joseph married Marie-Louise PILON 8 February 1820 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise PILON was born 22 September 1799 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada . Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph-Marie PILON and Marie-Catherine CHARLEBOIS .

Parents & Family of Joseph DAOUST

Parents of Joseph DAOUST

Father

Jean-Antoine DAOUST

Mother

Marie-Amable BEAULNE

Grandparents of Joseph DAOUST

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste DAOUST Marie-Josephte FORTIER

Maternal grandparents

André BEAULNE (BEAUNE) Josephe LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph DAOUST

Joseph DAOUST married

Marie-Louise PILON
Marriage date: 8 February 1820
Marriage place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise PILON was the child of Joseph-Marie PILON and Marie-Catherine CHARLEBOIS

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

Children of Joseph DAOUST and Marie-Louise PILON

Pierre-Hormidas DAOUST

Born: 27 July 1839, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada
Died: 12 May 1900, St-Joseph-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada

Married: Celina ROCHON 20 February 1871

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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 — 1789
18 May 1789
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DAOUST and Marie-Louise PILON 8 February 1820, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 30 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Pierre-Hormidas DAOUST was born 27 July 1839, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Joseph was 50 years old.

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)