Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Born

29 May 1783 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

1 July 1861 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

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Jean-Marc DEMEULES (DESMEULES)Marie-Constance BILODEAU

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Born: 29 May 1783 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Marc DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Mother: Marie-Constance BILODEAU

Paternal grandparents: Charles DEMEULES (DESMEULES) , Scholastique SAVARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BILODEAU , Gertrude PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

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Louis married Emerentienne LAJOIE 7 November 1803 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Emerentienne LAJOIE was born 21 April 1781 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Emerentienne died 10 November 1853 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Emerentienne was the child of Louis LAJOIE and Thecle BOUCHARD.

Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES) died 1 July 1861 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East .
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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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Spouse & Children of Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

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Emerentienne LAJOIE
Marriage date: 7 November 1803
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Emerentienne LAJOIE was the child of Louis LAJOIE and Thecle BOUCHARD

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Children of Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Emerentienne LAJOIE

Theotiste DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Born: 25 May 1807, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 3 September 1848, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

Married: David DESBIENS 16 February 1830 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Arsene DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Born: 25 March 1815, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 16 July 1889, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis TREMBLAY 16 August 1831 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Emilie DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Born: 21 January 1818, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 19 April 1886, St-Siméon, Canada

Married: Pierre-Thaddee BOUCHARD 17 July 1838 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Marie DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Born: 5 April 1820, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 29 October 1898, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph BOUDREAU 4 April 1842 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1783
29 May 1783
Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Emerentienne LAJOIE 7 November 1803, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 20 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Theotiste DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was born 25 May 1807, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 24 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Arsene DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was born 25 March 1815, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 31 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Birth of Child
Emilie DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was born 21 January 1818, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 34 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Marie DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was born 5 April 1820, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 36 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Theotiste DEMEULES (DESMEULES) married 16 February 1830, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to David DESBIENS

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Arsene DEMEULES (DESMEULES) married 16 August 1831, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Louis TREMBLAY

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Emilie DEMEULES (DESMEULES) married 17 July 1838, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Pierre-Thaddee BOUCHARD

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 of Child
Marie DEMEULES (DESMEULES) married 4 April 1842, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Joseph BOUDREAU

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)

1848 Death of Child
Theotiste DEMEULES (DESMEULES) died 3 September 1848, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 65 years old.

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

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

1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Emerentienne LAJOIE died 10 November 1853, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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

Death — 1861
1 July 1861
Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
He died at the age of 78.

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