Virginie DEMERS

Born

22 September 1822 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

4 February 1892 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DEMERS Marie-Josette CHOQUET

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Born: 22 September 1822 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste DEMERS

Mother: Marie-Josette CHOQUET

Paternal grandparents: François DEMERS , Angélique LOIGNON

Maternal grandparents: Julien CHOQUET dit CHAMPAGNE , Marie-Louise CADIEUX

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Virginie married Eusebe FRECHETTE 13 July 1846 in Iberville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Eusebe FRECHETTE was born 28 December 1815 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Eusebe died 2 April 1889 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester). Eusebe was the child of Joseph FRECHETTE and Marie RICHARD.

Virginie DEMERS died 4 February 1892 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada .
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Virginie DEMERS married

Eusebe FRECHETTE
Marriage date: 13 July 1846
Marriage place: Iberville, Canada East

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Eusebe FRECHETTE was the child of Joseph FRECHETTE and Marie RICHARD

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Children of Eusebe FRECHETTE and Virginie DEMERS

Elise FRECHETTE

Born: 30 July 1847, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 19 July 1884, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada

Louis FRECHETTE

Born: 22 October 1848, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: ,

Emma-Virginie FRECHETTE

Born: 12 June 1855, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 23 June 1911, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Auguste FRECHETTE

Born: 20 May 1859, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 13 February 1927, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1822
22 September 1822
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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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)

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Virginie DEMERS and Eusebe FRECHETTE 13 July 1846, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

She was 23 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Elise FRECHETTE was born 30 July 1847, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Virginie was 24 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Louis FRECHETTE was born 22 October 1848, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Virginie was 26 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.

1855 Birth of Child
Emma-Virginie FRECHETTE was born 12 June 1855, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Virginie was 32 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Auguste FRECHETTE was born 20 May 1859, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Virginie was 36 years old.

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.