Marie-Anne DESY

Born

November 16, 1829 , Grondines, Lower Canada

Died

abt. 1892 , Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Age: 62

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Joseph DESY Françoise-Angele HAMELIN dite GRONDINES

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Born: November 16, 1829 in Grondines, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph DESY

Mother: Françoise-Angele HAMELIN dite GRONDINES

Paternal grandparents: Joseph DESY , Archange HAMELIN

Maternal grandparents: Eustache HAMELIN dit GRONDINES , Josephte GAUTHIER

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Marie-Anne married Joseph-Isidore ROSS 3 February 1845 in St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Isidore ROSS was born August 14, 1822 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Joseph-Isidore died abt. 1892 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph-Isidore was the child of Jean-Thomas ROSS and Marie-Anne GIGUERE.

Marie-Anne DESY died abt. 1892 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
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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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Marie-Anne DESY married

Joseph-Isidore ROSS
Marriage date: 3 February 1845
Marriage place: St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada
Joseph-Isidore ROSS was the child of Jean-Thomas ROSS and Marie-Anne GIGUERE

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Children of Joseph-Isidore ROSS and Marie-Anne DESY

Marie-Josephine ROSS

Born: February 15, 1852, Saint-Stanislas, Canada East
Died: December 14, 1931, Mont-Laurier, Antoine-Labelle, Quebec, Canada

Married: Leon-Apollinaire BARON

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Birth — 1829
November 16, 1829
Grondines, 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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne DESY and Joseph-Isidore ROSS 3 February 1845, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada

She was 15 years old.

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

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

1852 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephine ROSS was born February 15, 1852, Saint-Stanislas, Québec, Canada (St-Stanislas-de-Batiscan)

Marie-Anne 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.