immigrant - Canada to US  male ancestor  Jean Baptiste  DESMARAIS

  (b. 30 October 1810 La Présentation, Lower Canada   d. 21 August 1894 Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS was born 30 October 1810 in La Présentation, Lower Canada

Jean Baptiste 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

Jean Baptiste was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1894.

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

Jean Baptiste  married  Marie-Louise DION 4 October 1836 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Louise DION  was born 9 October 1814 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil).  Marie-Louise died abt. 1871 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph DION dit GUYON and Marguerite TOUCHETTE.

Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS died 21 August 1894 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA .
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Did You Know? 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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