Julien DESMEULES

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9 December 1806 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

9 February 1887 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES)Constance BOUCHARD

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Born: 9 December 1806 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Mother: Constance BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Marc DEMEULES (DESMEULES) , Marie-Constance BILODEAU

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Louis BOUCHARD , Madeleine TREMBLAY

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Julien married Angelique FORTIN 23 April 1833 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique FORTIN was born 5 July 1810 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Angelique died 15 December 1887 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Angelique was the child of Damase FORTIN and Genevieve SIMARD.

Julien DESMEULES died 9 February 1887 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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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
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Julien DESMEULES married

Angelique FORTIN
Marriage date: 23 April 1833
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Angelique FORTIN was the child of Damase FORTIN and Genevieve SIMARD

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Children of Julien DESMEULES and Angelique FORTIN

Marie-Louise DESMEULES

Born: 2 December 1846, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 12 January 1875 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1806
9 December 1806
La Malbaie, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Julien DESMEULES and Angelique FORTIN 23 April 1833, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 26 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)

1846 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DESMEULES was born 2 December 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Julien was 40 years old.

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.