Euphemie (Eunice) DESMARAIS

(b. 14 September 1822 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. abt. 1883 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Euphemie (Eunice) DESMARAIS was born 14 September 1822 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Euphemie (Eunice) DESMARAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Madeleine LACASSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Benoit DESMARAIS and Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE (maternal) Joseph LACASSE and Marie-Apolline LACROIX

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

Euphemie (Eunice) married Clement DION 8 November 1842 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Clement DION was born 20 August 1818 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Clement died 28 June 1889 in Biddeford, Maine, USA (Biddeford Pool). Clement was the child of Joseph DION dit GUYON and Marguerite TOUCHETTE.

Euphemie (Eunice) DESMARAIS died abt. 1883 in Québec Province, 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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Euphemie (Eunice) DESMARAIS

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Euphemie (Eunice) DESMARAIS married

Clement DION-- Date: 8 November 1842 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East

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Children of Clement DION and Euphemie (Eunice) DESMARAIS:

Marie Euphemie DION (b.4 November 1843, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. 7 November 1922, Central Falls, Rhode Island, USA)
m. Noel DESNOYERS 11 June 1861 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Elmire DION (b.abt. 1844, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. 14 December 1917, Pembroke, New Hampshire, USA )

Vitaline DION (b.4 October 1846, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. 12 August 1847, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East )

Celina DION (b.27 January 1848, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. , )

Clement DION (b.12 May 1849, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. , )

Florentine DION (b.11 February 1851, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. 4 July 1929, Drummondville, Québec, Canada )

Marie-Potamie DION (b.4 April 1853, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. 25 August 1857, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East )

Joseph DION (b.19 December 1854, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. , )

Pierre (Peter) DION (b.3 September 1856, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. 11 August 1922, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA )

Antoine-Azarie DION (b.12 June 1858, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. 26 May 1860, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East )

Marc DION (b.29 April 1860, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. , )

Noel-Xiste DION (b.20 April 1862, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Victoria DION (b.9 August 1867, Drummondville, Canada East d. , )

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1822 Birth
14 September 1822
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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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

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Euphemie (Eunice) DESMARAIS and Clement DION 8 November 1842, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

She was 20 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Marie Euphemie DION was born 4 November 1843, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 21 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Vitaline DION was born 4 October 1846, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 24 years old.

1847 Death of Child
Vitaline DION died 12 August 1847, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 24 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Celina DION was born 27 January 1848, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 25 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Clement DION was born 12 May 1849, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 26 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Florentine DION was born 11 February 1851, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 28 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Marie-Potamie DION was born 4 April 1853, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 30 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Joseph DION was born 19 December 1854, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 32 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Pierre (Peter) DION was born 3 September 1856, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 33 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Death of Child
Marie-Potamie DION died 25 August 1857, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 34 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Antoine-Azarie DION was born 12 June 1858, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 35 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Marc DION was born 29 April 1860, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 37 years old.

1860 Death of Child
Antoine-Azarie DION died 26 May 1860, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 37 years old.

1861 Marriage of Child
Marie Euphemie DION married 11 June 1861, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Noel DESNOYERS

1862 Birth of Child
Noel-Xiste DION was born 20 April 1862, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 39 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

1867 Birth of Child
Marie-Victoria DION was born 9 August 1867, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

Euphemie (Eunice) was 44 years old.

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

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

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

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