Joseph DEMERS

Born

28 September 1811 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada

Died

13 October 1886 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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Joseph DEMERS Marie FORGET

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Born: 28 September 1811 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph DEMERS

Mother: Marie FORGET

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DEMERS , Marie-Genevieve PAQUET

Maternal grandparents: Joseph FORGET dit DESPATIE , Agnes-Francoise PERRAULT

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Joseph married Marie-Louise MONCIAU dite DESORMEAUX 9 February 1835 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise MONCIAU dite DESORMEAUX was born 27 February 1816 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Francois MONCIAU dit DESORMEAUX and Marie-Louise ANDEGRAVE dite CHAMPAGNE.

Joseph DEMERS died 13 October 1886 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada.
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Marie-Louise MONCIAU dite DESORMEAUX
Marriage date: 9 February 1835
Marriage place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise MONCIAU dite DESORMEAUX was the child of Francois MONCIAU dit DESORMEAUX and Marie-Louise ANDEGRAVE dite CHAMPAGNE

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Children of Joseph DEMERS and Marie-Louise MONCIAU dite DESORMEAUX

Louise DEMERS

Born: 13 December 1835, Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada
Died: 4 September 1920, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Married: Michel TREMBLAY 3 March 1851

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Birth — 1811
28 September 1811
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada

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.

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 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DEMERS and Marie-Louise MONCIAU dite DESORMEAUX 9 February 1835, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Louise DEMERS was born 13 December 1835, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 24 years old.

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 - 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)

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

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.