Louis-Venant DESMEULES

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8 September 1810 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

16 December 1874 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

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Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES)Monique FORTIN

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Born: 8 September 1810 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Mother: Monique FORTIN

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Francois DEMEULES (DESMEULES) , Francoise TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Augustin FORTIN , Marie-Anne DUCHESNE

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Louis-Venant married Therese GIRARD 6 February 1838 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese GIRARD was born 2 January 1804 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Therese died 25 May 1889 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Therese was the child of François-Xavier GIRARD and Rosalie BONNEAU.

Louis-Venant DESMEULES died 16 December 1874 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Louis-Venant DESMEULES married

Therese GIRARD
Marriage date: 6 February 1838
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Therese GIRARD was the child of François-Xavier GIRARD and Rosalie BONNEAU

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Philomene DESMEULES

Born: 11 March 1846, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 16 December 1877, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Georges BARRETTE 12 January 1864 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1810
8 September 1810
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

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 / Partner
Louis-Venant DESMEULES and Therese GIRARD 6 February 1838, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 27 years old.

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
Philomene DESMEULES was born 11 March 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis-Venant was 35 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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Philomene DESMEULES married 12 January 1864, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Georges BARRETTE

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.