Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Born

29 April 1777 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

17 September 1867 , Chicoutimi, Canada East

Joseph married Monique FORTIN abt. 1800 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Monique FORTIN was born 12 May 1780 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . Monique died 21 May 1846 in La Malbaie, Canada East . Monique was the child of Augustin FORTIN and Marie-Anne DUCHESNE .

Parents & Family of Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Parents of Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Father

Joseph-Francois DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Mother

Francoise TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Paternal grandparents

Charles DEMEULES (DESMEULES) Scholastique SAVARD

Maternal grandparents

Andre TREMBLAY Catherine BOUCHARD

m. Monique Fortin abt 1800

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES) married

Monique FORTIN
Marriage date: abt. 1800
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Monique FORTIN was the child of Augustin FORTIN and Marie-Anne DUCHESNE

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

Children of Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Monique FORTIN

Louis-Venant DESMEULES

Born: 8 September 1810, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 16 December 1874, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Therese GIRARD 6 February 1838 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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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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Birth — 1777
29 April 1777
Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1810 Birth of Child
Louis-Venant DESMEULES was born 8 September 1810, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 33 years old.

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Louis-Venant DESMEULES married 6 February 1838, La Malbaie, Lower Canada to Therese GIRARD

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Monique FORTIN died 21 May 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

Death — 1867
17 September 1867
Chicoutimi, Canada East
He died at the age of 90.

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