Damase LAJOIE

Born

Died

7 October 1856 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

Damase married Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES) 11 November 1822 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was born 6 April 1795 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . Angélique died 15 December 1827 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . Angélique was the child of Jean-Marc DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Marie-Constance BILODEAU .

Parents & Family of Damase LAJOIE

Parents of Damase LAJOIE

Father

Louis LAJOIE

Mother

Thecle BOUCHARD

Grandparents of Damase LAJOIE

Paternal grandparents

François LAJOIE Brigitte DESBIENS

Maternal grandparents

Joseph-François BOUCHARD Marie-Dorothée SAVARD

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Damase LAJOIE

Damase LAJOIE married

Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES)
Marriage date: 11 November 1822
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was the child of Jean-Marc DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Marie-Constance BILODEAU

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

Children of Damase LAJOIE and Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Rose-De-Lima LAJOIE

Born: abt. 1824, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jerome MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES 20 October 1846 Place: La Pocatière, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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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1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Damase LAJOIE and Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES) 11 November 1822, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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)

1827 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES) died 15 December 1827, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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 of Child
Rose-De-Lima LAJOIE married 20 October 1846, La Pocatière, Canada East to Jerome MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

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

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