flag female ancestor  Scholastique-Colette  DESMARAIS

  (b. 14 January 1779 L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 19 November 1864 L'Assomption, Canada East )  

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Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS was born 14 January 1779 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS was the child of Louis DESMARAIS   and   Catherine FOREST and the grandchild of: (paternal)  François DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse-Louise PASTOUREL (maternal)  Joseph FOREST and Marie Anne GIROUARD

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Scholastique-Colette  married  Henri MARTINEAU 13 February 1804 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Henri MARTINEAU  was born 13 September 1777 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).  Henri died 8 September 1861 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage).  Henri was the child of Étienne MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE and Josephte-Geneviève DEMERS.

Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS died 19 November 1864 in L'Assomption, Canada East .
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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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birth1779 Birth
14 January 1779
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1804 Marriage / Partner
Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS and Henri MARTINEAU 13 February 1804, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 25 years old.
1805 Birth of Child
Israël MARTINEAU was born 28 August 1805, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Scholastique-Colette was 26 years old.
1815 Birth of Child
Marie-Marcelle MARTINEAU was born 10 February 1815, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Scholastique-Colette was 36 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1818 Birth of Child
Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU was born 15 January 1818, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Scholastique-Colette was 39 years old.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1829 Marriage of Child
Israël MARTINEAU married 7 July 1829, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada to Josephte MARSAN
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1834 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marcelle MARTINEAU married 8 April 1834, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Charles-Carolus LAURIER
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1839 Death of Child
Israël MARTINEAU died 2 March 1839, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

Scholastique-Colette was 60 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1843 Marriage of Child
Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU married 21 February 1843, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Éléonore ÉTHIER
1848 Death of Child
Marie-Marcelle MARTINEAU died 7 March 1848, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Montcalm, Québec, Canada (Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaie)

Scholastique-Colette was 69 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Henri MARTINEAU died 8 September 1861, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)
death1864 Death
19 November 1864
L'Assomption, Canada East

She died at the age of 85.
Added: 1/24/2015 12:55:19 PM - Updated: 5/31/2024 6:25:40 PM

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