Marie-Marguerite DEMERS

Born

21 October 1813 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

Died

19 January 1878 , Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Canada

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Gaspard DEMERS Josephte BERGERON

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Born: 21 October 1813 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

Father: Gaspard DEMERS

Mother: Josephte BERGERON

Paternal grandparents: Charles DEMERS , Catherine-Genevieve GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: Etienne BERGERON , Angelique BEAUDET

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Marie-Marguerite married Louis BEDARD 8 January 1833 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis BEDARD was born 13 January 1810 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Louis died 27 February 1897 in Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Canada. Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste BEDARD and Angele CROTEAU.

Marie-Marguerite DEMERS died 19 January 1878 in Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Canada.
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Marie-Marguerite DEMERS married

Louis BEDARD
Marriage date: 8 January 1833
Marriage place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada
Louis BEDARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste BEDARD and Angele CROTEAU

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Children of Louis BEDARD and Marie-Marguerite DEMERS

Elzear BEDARD

Born: 18 January 1843, Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Canada
Died: 9 March 1930, Saint-Flavien, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada

Married: Lucie COTE 9 January 1866

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Birth — 1813
21 October 1813
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

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 - 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite DEMERS and Louis BEDARD 8 January 1833, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Elzear BEDARD was born 18 January 1843, Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Marguerite was 29 years old.

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.

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.