Louise DEGRE

Born

19 January 1809 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

9 November 1892 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada

Louise married Felix METILLY dit ST-ONGE 7 October 1828 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felix METILLY dit ST-ONGE was born 15 January 1811 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . Felix was the child of Joseph METILLY dit ST-ONGE and Marie DAUNAIS dite FRENIERE .

Parents & Family of Louise DEGRE

Parents of Louise DEGRE

Father

Jean-Baptiste DEGRE dit PRECOURT

Mother

Marie CYR

Grandparents of Louise DEGRE

Paternal grandparents

François DEGRE dit PRECOURT Marie-Anne JARRET dite BEAUREGARD

Maternal grandparents

Gervais CYR Marie-Judith DUFRESNE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louise DEGRE

Louise DEGRE married

Felix METILLY dit ST-ONGE
Marriage date: 7 October 1828
Marriage place: Beloeil, Lower Canada
Felix METILLY dit ST-ONGE was the child of Joseph METILLY dit ST-ONGE and Marie DAUNAIS dite FRENIERE

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

Children of Felix METILLY dit ST-ONGE and Louise DEGRE

Jean-Baptiste METILLY dit ST-ONGE

Born: 18 June 1833, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Sophie FLEURY 24 October 1855

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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 — 1809
19 January 1809
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Louise DEGRE and Felix METILLY dit ST-ONGE 7 October 1828, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

She was 19 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste METILLY dit ST-ONGE was born 18 June 1833, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Louise was 24 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)

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.