Joseph DESROSIERS

Born

7 February 1799 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Died

28 June 1878 , Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Age: 79

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Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS Marie-Catherine BONIN

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Born: 7 February 1799 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Father: Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS

Mother: Marie-Catherine BONIN

Paternal grandparents: Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS , Reine COURTIN dite SANSCHAGRIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BONIN , Marie-Antoinette HOUDE

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Joseph married Marie-Josephe LECLAIR 3 February 1835 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe LECLAIR was born 27 September 1803 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Josephe died 24 November 1864 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Marie-Josephe was the child of Jean-Baptiste LECLERC and Geneviève OSSANT (AUSSAN) dite LANGE.

Joseph DESROSIERS died 28 June 1878 in Lanoraie, 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
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Marie-Josephe LECLAIR
Marriage date: 3 February 1835
Marriage place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephe LECLAIR was the child of Jean-Baptiste LECLERC and Geneviève OSSANT (AUSSAN) dite LANGE

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Sophie-Saphronie DESROSIERS

Born: 6 June 1841, Lanoraie, Canada East
Died: 9 August 1921, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Married: Noe "Louis" RIQUIER 12 June 1865 Place: Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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Birth — 1799
7 February 1799
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DESROSIERS and Marie-Josephe LECLAIR 3 February 1835, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 36 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

1841 Birth of Child
Sophie-Saphronie DESROSIERS was born 6 June 1841, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Joseph was 42 years old.

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)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe LECLAIR died 24 November 1864, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

1865 Marriage of Child
Sophie-Saphronie DESROSIERS married 12 June 1865, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie) to Noe "Louis" RIQUIER

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.