Magdeleine (Madeleine) LACASSE

(b. 11 July 1789 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 December 1861 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada )
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Magdeleine (Madeleine) LACASSE was born 11 July 1789 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Magdeleine (Madeleine) LACASSE was the child of Joseph LACASSE and Marie-Apolline LACROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste CASSE (LACASSE) and Marie-Josephe ALLAIRE (maternal) Joseph-Nicolas LACROIX and Marie-Josephte BLOUIN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Magdeleine (Madeleine) married Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS 20 November 1809 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 14 children. Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS was born abt. 1779 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 1 April 1872 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Jean-Baptiste was the child of Benoit DESMARAIS and Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE.

Magdeleine (Madeleine) LACASSE died 2 December 1861 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada .

Lacasse Name Meaning
French: variant with fused feminine definite article la of Casse 1 ‘oak tree’ and in North America (also) an altered form of the variant Cassé. Compare Lacaze 2 Lacoss and Lacosse

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Ducasse, Case, Lagesse, Lafosse, Lagasse, Caisse, Lace, Lahaye, Laas

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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Magdeleine (Madeleine) LACASSE

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Magdeleine (Madeleine) LACASSE married

Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS-- Date: 20 November 1809 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS was the child of Benoit DESMARAIS and Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Magdeleine (Madeleine) LACASSE:

Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS (b.30 October 1810, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 21 August 1894, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Marie DION 4 October 1836 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS (b.1 March 1812, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. abt. 1835, )
m. François JANOT dit LACHAPELLE (JEANNOTTE-LACHAPELLE) 16 February 1835 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Michel-Hilarion DESMARAIS (b.20 October 1813, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie Marine DESMARAIS (b.13 May 1817, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. 18 September 1876, Lewiston, Maine, USA)
m. Joseph-Mathias AUGER 28 April 1839 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

François DESMARAIS (b.28 February 1819, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Eulalie PROVOST 5 February 1839 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Joseph DESMARAIS (b.19 June 1820, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. , )

Euphanie DESMARAIS (b.14 September 1822, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Clement DION 8 November 1842 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Michel DESMARAIS (b.abt. 1823, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. April 1830, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada )

Marie-Vitaline DESMARAIS (b.15 February 1824, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. 13 April 1895, Bonfield, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada)
m. Pierre MARTIN 30 August 1842 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Victor DESMARAIS (b.abt. 1826, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Edwige DALPE dite PARISEAU 9 January 1849 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
m. Marie Césarie POUDRETTE 14 November 1865 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Priscille DESMARAIS (b.abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Adam GENDRON 21 May 1849 in Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS (b.8 May 1830, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. 18 September 1909, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU 21 October 1851 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
m. Marie-Elmire VINCENT dite JARET 25 September 1871 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Marie DESMARAIS (b.27 April 1832, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. , )

Florentine DESMARAIS (b.14 November 1834, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. 26 July 1912, Webster, Massachusetts, USA)
m. François Xavier REMY April 12, 1858 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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1789 Birth
11 July 1789
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Magdeleine (Madeleine) LACASSE - 1789 Baptism. St-Michel, Bellechasse, Quebec

1789 Baptism. St-Michel, Bellechasse, Quebec
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The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

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

She was 20 years old.

Magdeleine (Madeleine) LACASSE - 1809 Marriage. La Presentation, St-Hyacinthe, PQ.

1809 Marriage. La Presentation, St-Hyacinthe, PQ.
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The French In North America: 1500-1783

1810 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS was born 30 October 1810, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Magdeleine (Madeleine) was 21 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS was born 1 March 1812, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Magdeleine (Madeleine) was 22 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Michel-Hilarion DESMARAIS was born 20 October 1813, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Magdeleine (Madeleine) was 24 years old.

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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)

Magdeleine (Madeleine) was 27 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)

Magdeleine (Madeleine) was 29 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)

Magdeleine (Madeleine) was 30 years old.

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

Magdeleine (Madeleine) was 33 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)

Magdeleine (Madeleine) was 34 years old.

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

Magdeleine (Madeleine) was 40 years old.

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

Magdeleine (Madeleine) was 40 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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

Magdeleine (Madeleine) was 42 years old.

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

Magdeleine (Madeleine) was 45 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 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
Euphanie 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)

1843 - Godparent
(Marie Victorine Florentine Martin) - 1843 Baptism. Notre-Dame de-Rosaire, St-Hyacinthe, PQ.
Daughter of Pierre Martin and Vitaline Desmarais
Godparents Jean Baptiste Martin and Magdeleine Lacasse
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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
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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