Philomene DESMEULES

(b. 11 March 1846 , La Malbaie, Canada East d. 16 December 1877 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

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Philomene DESMEULES was born 11 March 1846 in La Malbaie, Canada East

Philomene DESMEULES was the child of Louis-Venant DESMEULES and Therese GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Monique FORTIN (maternal) François-Xavier GIRARD and Rosalie BONNEAU

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Philomene married Georges BARRETTE 12 January 1864 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Georges BARRETTE was born 20 June 1840 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Georges died 17 January 1893 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Georges was the child of Anselme BARRETTE and Elisabeth SIMARD.

Philomene DESMEULES died 16 December 1877 in La Malbaie, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Philomene DESMEULES married

Georges BARRETTE-- Date: 12 January 1864 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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Georges BARRETTE was the child of Anselme BARRETTE and Elisabeth SIMARD

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Children of Georges BARRETTE and Philomene DESMEULES:

Flore BARRETT (b.14 December 1864, La Malbaie, Canada East d. 12 April 1932, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean "Johnny" TREMBLAY 15 March 1886 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1846 Birth
11 March 1846
La Malbaie, Canada East

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 / Partner
Philomene DESMEULES and Georges BARRETTE 12 January 1864, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 17 years old.

1864 Birth of Child
Flore BARRETT was born 14 December 1864, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Philomene was 18 years old.

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.