Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS

Born

2 July 1814 , La Présentation, Lower Canada

Died

4 October 1866 , La Présentation, Canada East

Marie-Sophie married Pierre GUILLET 16 April 1839 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre GUILLET was born 15 February 1787 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre died 21 July 1868 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada . Pierre was the child of Alexandre GUILLET and Desanges BERARD dite LEPINE .

Parents & Family of Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS

Parents of Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS

Father

François DESMARAIS

Mother

Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC

Grandparents of Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS

Paternal grandparents

Joseph DESMARAIS Marie-Josephte BRODEUR

Maternal grandparents

Joseph CHAPDELAINE dit BEAULAC Elisabeth PAPILLON

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS

Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS married

Pierre GUILLET
Marriage date: 16 April 1839
Marriage place: La Présentation, Lower Canada
Pierre GUILLET was the child of Alexandre GUILLET and Desanges BERARD dite LEPINE

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

Children of Pierre GUILLET and Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS

Michel GUILLET

Born: 23 November 1843, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 14 October 1927, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Louise LUSSIER 24 September 1867 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Charles GUILLET

Born: 22 October 1848, La Présentation, Canada East
Died: 2 August 1916, Warren, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie LUSSIER 25 July 1865 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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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 — 1814
2 July 1814
La Présentation, 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

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 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS and Pierre GUILLET 16 April 1839, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

She was 24 years old.

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
Michel GUILLET was born 23 November 1843, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Sophie was 29 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Charles GUILLET was born 22 October 1848, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Marie-Sophie was 34 years old.

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Charles GUILLET married 25 July 1865, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East to Marie LUSSIER