flag female ancestor  Marguerite  DESY

  (b. 9 May 1773 Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 28 November 1858 Grondines, Canada East )  

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Marguerite DESY was born 9 May 1773 in Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite DESY was the child of Michel DESY   and   Marie-Etiennette RHEAULT dite ALEXANDRE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Charles DIZY dit MONTPLAISIR and Genevieve DESROSIERS (maternal)  Michel RAUX (RAOUL) and Marie-Renee BILLY

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Marguerite  married  Louis-Joseph ST-ARNAUD dit BERTRAND 5 October 1801 in Batiscan, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Joseph ST-ARNAUD dit BERTRAND  was born abt. 1760 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier).  Louis-Joseph died 9 August 1837 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire).  Louis-Joseph was the child of Louis BERTRAND dit ST-ARNAUD and Marie-Josephte LEREAU (L'HERAULT).

Marguerite DESY died 28 November 1858 in Grondines, 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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Marguerite DESY married flag male ancestor Louis-Joseph ST-ARNAUD dit BERTRAND-- Date: 5 October 1801 Place: Batiscan, Lower Canada
Louis-Joseph ST-ARNAUD dit BERTRAND was the child of Louis BERTRAND dit ST-ARNAUD and Marie-Josephte LEREAU (L'HERAULT)




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birth1773 Birth
9 May 1773
Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada
News1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1801 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DESY and Louis-Joseph ST-ARNAUD dit BERTRAND 5 October 1801, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

She was 28 years old.
1806 Birth of Child
Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND was born 2 January 1806, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Marguerite was 32 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1831 Marriage of Child
Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND married 14 February 1831, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire) to Alexis DECELLES
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1837 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis-Joseph ST-ARNAUD dit BERTRAND died 9 August 1837, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)
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)
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.
death1858 Death
28 November 1858
Grondines, Canada East

She died at the age of 85.
Added: 6/8/2024 5:42:38 PM - Updated: 6/8/2024 5:43:42 PM

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