Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Born

27 January 1775 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

26 June 1863 , La Malbaie, Canada East

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Jean-Marc DEMEULES (DESMEULES)Marie-Constance BILODEAU

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Born: 27 January 1775 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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Joseph married Constance BOUCHARD 25 October 1796 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Constance BOUCHARD was born 18 November 1782 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Constance died 10 April 1854 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Constance was the child of Joseph-Louis BOUCHARD and Madeleine TREMBLAY.

Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES) died 26 June 1863 in La Malbaie, 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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Constance BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 25 October 1796
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Constance BOUCHARD was the child of Joseph-Louis BOUCHARD and Madeleine TREMBLAY

Children of Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Constance BOUCHARD

Julien DESMEULES

Born: 9 December 1806, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 9 February 1887, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Angelique FORTIN 23 April 1833 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Felicite DESMEULES

Born: 12 April 1811, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 11 October 1886, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Married: Pascal PERRON 16 February 1830 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Florine DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Born: 27 December 1817, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 14 May 1850, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

Married: Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE 9 February 1841 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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Birth — 1775
27 January 1775
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)

1796 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Constance BOUCHARD 25 October 1796, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 21 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Birth of Child
Julien DESMEULES was born 9 December 1806, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 31 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Felicite DESMEULES was born 12 April 1811, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 36 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Florine DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was born 27 December 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 42 years old.

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

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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
Felicite DESMEULES married 16 February 1830, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Pascal PERRON

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Marriage of Child
Julien DESMEULES married 23 April 1833, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Angelique FORTIN

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 Marriage of Child
Florine DEMEULES (DESMEULES) married 9 February 1841, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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)

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

1850 Death of Child
Florine DEMEULES (DESMEULES) died 14 May 1850, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Joseph was 75 years old.

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

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

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Constance BOUCHARD died 10 April 1854, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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 — 1863
26 June 1863
La Malbaie, Canada East
He died at the age of 88.

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