Marie Marine DESMARAIS

Born

13 May 1817 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Died

18 September 1876 , Lewiston, Maine, USA

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Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS Madeleine LACASSE

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Born: 13 May 1817 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS

Mother: Madeleine LACASSE

Paternal grandparents: Benoit DESMARAIS , Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LACASSE , Marie-Apolline LACROIX

Marie Marine was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1876.
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Marie Marine married Joseph Mathias AUGER 28 April 1839 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Joseph Mathias AUGER was born 13 February 1818 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Joseph Mathias died 29 July 1885 in Maine, USA. Joseph Mathias was the child of Pierre AUGER and Marguerite CHICOINE.

Marie Marine DESMARAIS died 18 September 1876 in Lewiston, Maine, USA.
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Marie Marine DESMARAIS married

Joseph Mathias AUGER
Marriage date: 28 April 1839
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Joseph Mathias AUGER was the child of Pierre AUGER and Marguerite CHICOINE

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Children of Joseph Mathias AUGER and Marie Marine DESMARAIS

Leocadie "Kate" AUGER

Born: abt. 1841, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 11 June 1909, Concord, New Hampshire, USA

Marie-Philomene AUGER

Born: 28 August 1842, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East
Died: 1 November 1923, Wotton, Québec, Canada

Pierre Jean Baptiste AUGER

Born: December 1845,
Died: 25 March 1904, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Alphonse-Toussaint AUGER

Born: 31 October 1846, Kamouraska, Canada East
Died: 4 September 1935,

Louis Theophile AUGER

Born: 21 September 1848, Saint-Dominique, Canada East
Died: 15 February 1906, Poland, Maine, USA

Marie Octavie AUGER

Born: 11 October 1853,
Died: 6 October 1908, Waterville, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1817
13 May 1817
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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)

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

1839 Marriage / Partner
Marie Marine DESMARAIS and Joseph Mathias AUGER 28 April 1839, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

She was 21 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene AUGER was born 28 August 1842, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Marie Marine was 25 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Alphonse-Toussaint AUGER was born 31 October 1846, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie Marine was 29 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Louis Theophile AUGER was born 21 September 1848, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Marie Marine was 31 years old.

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

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

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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