Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS

Born

31 March 1781 , Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

1 April 1872 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada

Age: 94

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Benoit DESMARAIS Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE

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Born: 31 March 1781 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Benoit DESMARAIS

Mother: Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Michel DESMARAIS , Marie-Thérèse BOUSQUET

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN , Marie-Madeleine MORIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite FOURNIER 19 September 1803 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite FOURNIER was born abt. 1783 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 10 March 1807 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) . Marguerite was the child of André FOURNIER and Marie-Luce BAILLE.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Madeleine LACASSE 20 November 1809 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Madeleine LACASSE was born 11 July 1789 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Madeleine died 2 December 1861 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Madeleine was the child of Joseph LACASSE and Marie-Apolline LACROIX.

Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS died 1 April 1872 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada .
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Spouse & Children of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS

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Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS married

Marguerite FOURNIER
Marriage date: 19 September 1803
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marguerite FOURNIER was the child of André FOURNIER and Marie-Luce BAILLE

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Notre Dame du Rosaire

He is the son of Benoist Desmarais, laborer, and Marie Agathe Laperche, both of this parish.

She is the daughter of Andre Fournier, laborer, and Marie Lucie Bailly, both of this parish.

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Children of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Marguerite FOURNIER

Marguerite DESMARAIS

Born: 24 February 1805, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 9 December 1882, Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Québec, Canada

Married: Pascal DEGRES 19 October 1824 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS

Born: 20 April 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 23 April 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS married

Madeleine LACASSE
Marriage date: 20 November 1809
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Madeleine LACASSE was the child of Joseph LACASSE and Marie-Apolline LACROIX

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

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Children of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Madeleine LACASSE

Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS

Born: 30 October 1810, La Présentation, Lower Canada
Died: 21 August 1894, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie-Louise DION 4 October 1836 Place: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS

Born: 1 March 1812, La Présentation, Lower Canada
Died: 31 July 1894, Ange-Gardien, Rouville, Quebec, Canada

Married: François JANOT dit LACHAPELLE (JEANNOTTE-LACHAPELLE) 16 February 1835 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Michel-Hilarion DESMARAIS

Born: 20 October 1813, La Présentation, Lower Canada
Died: 3 April 1830, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Marie Marine DESMARAIS

Born: 13 May 1817, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: 18 September 1876, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Married: Joseph Mathias AUGER 28 April 1839 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

François DESMARAIS

Born: 28 February 1819, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: 20 March 1903, Waterloo, Québec, Canada

Married: Eulalie PROVOST 5 February 1839 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Joseph DESMARAIS

Born: 19 June 1820, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Euphemie (Eunice) DESMARAIS

Born: 14 September 1822, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1883, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Clement DION 8 November 1842 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Marie-Vitaline DESMARAIS

Born: 15 February 1824, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: 13 April 1895, Bonfield, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

Married: Pierre MARTIN 30 August 1842 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Victor DESMARAIS

Born: abt. 1826, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Edwige DALPE dite PARISEAU 9 January 1849 Place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie Césarie POUDRETTE 14 November 1865 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Priscille DESMARAIS

Born: 4 January 1828, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: 28 November 1906, Saint-Lucien, Drummond, Québec, Canada

Married: Adam GENDRON 21 May 1849 Place: Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS

Born: 8 May 1830, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: 18 September 1909, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU 21 October 1851 Place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Elmire VINCENT dite JARET 25 September 1871 Place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Marc DESMARAIS

Born: 27 April 1832, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: 28 June 1881, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite CLOUTIER 15 July 1861 Place: Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Florentine DESMARAIS

Born: 14 November 1834, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: 26 July 1912, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Married: François Xavier REMY April 12, 1858 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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Birth — 1781
31 March 1781
Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

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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)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Marguerite FOURNIER 19 September 1803, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 22 years old.

Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS - 1803 Marriage Notre-Dame du Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec

1803 Marriage Notre-Dame du Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1805 Birth of Child
Marguerite DESMARAIS was born 24 February 1805, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

1806 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS was born 20 April 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1807 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite FOURNIER died 10 March 1807, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Madeleine LACASSE 20 November 1809, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 28 years old.

Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS - 1809 Marriage. La Presentation, St-Hyacinthe, PQ.

1809 Marriage. La Presentation, St-Hyacinthe, PQ.

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1810 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS was born 30 October 1810, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS was born 1 March 1812, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Michel-Hilarion DESMARAIS was born 20 October 1813, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Marie Marine DESMARAIS was born 13 May 1817, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
François DESMARAIS was born 28 February 1819, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Joseph DESMARAIS was born 19 June 1820, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Euphemie (Eunice) DESMARAIS was born 14 September 1822, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste was 41 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Marie-Vitaline DESMARAIS was born 15 February 1824, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

1824 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DESMARAIS married 19 October 1824, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Pascal DEGRES

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Priscille DESMARAIS was born 4 January 1828, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste was 46 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Death of Child
Michel-Hilarion DESMARAIS died 3 April 1830, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste was 49 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS was born 8 May 1830, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste was 49 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Marc DESMARAIS was born 27 April 1832, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste was 51 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Florentine DESMARAIS was born 14 November 1834, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste was 53 years old.

1835 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS married 16 February 1835, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to François JANOT dit LACHAPELLE (JEANNOTTE-LACHAPELLE)

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS married 4 October 1836, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire) to Marie-Louise DION

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Marriage of Child
François DESMARAIS married 5 February 1839, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Eulalie PROVOST

1839 Marriage of Child
Marie Marine DESMARAIS married 28 April 1839, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Joseph Mathias AUGER

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Marie-Vitaline DESMARAIS married 30 August 1842, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Pierre MARTIN

1842 Marriage of Child
Euphemie (Eunice) DESMARAIS married 8 November 1842, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Clement DION

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Victor DESMARAIS married 9 January 1849, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada to Edwige DALPE dite PARISEAU

1849 Marriage of Child
Priscille DESMARAIS married 21 May 1849, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada to Adam GENDRON

1851
St. Jean Baptiste, Rouville County, Quebec. Jean Baptiste Desmarais, age 71; wife, Madeleine Desmarais, age 63; Victor, age 26; Joseph, age 1; Jean Baptiste age 3; Marc, age 20; Edwige (probably wife of Victor), age 23; Edwige, age 2; Florantine, age 11
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
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1851 Marriage of Child
Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS married 21 October 1851, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada to Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Florentine DESMARAIS married April 12, 1858, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to François Xavier REMY

1861 Quebec Census - famlysearch.org
Name: Jbte Desmarais
Gender: Male
Census place: St-Jean-Baptiste, Rouville, Quebec
Age in years: 80
Estimated birth year: 1781
Birthplace:
Marital status: Married
Religion:
Sheet number: 209
Line number: 23
Film number: 517419
Library and Archives Canada film number: C-1316
Digital GS number: 4108824
Image number: 40
Collection: Quebec Census, 1861

1861 Marriage of Child
Marc DESMARAIS married 15 July 1861, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton) to Marguerite CLOUTIER

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine LACASSE died 2 December 1861, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Victor DESMARAIS married 14 November 1865, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie Césarie POUDRETTE

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 Marriage of Child
Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS married 25 September 1871, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada to Marie-Elmire VINCENT dite JARET