Julien DEMERS

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20 July 1802 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

Died

24 September 1871 , Laurierville, Québec, Canada

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Etienne DEMERS Marie-Josephe SIMONEAU

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Born: 20 July 1802 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne DEMERS

Mother: Marie-Josephe SIMONEAU

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Etienne DEMERS , Marguerite DEMERS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste SIMONEAU , Marie-Claire JALBERT

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Julien married Adelaide MORIN 19 September 1831 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide MORIN was born 16 September 1806 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Adelaide was the child of Augustin MORIN dit VALCOURT and Genevieve GAGNE.

Julien DEMERS died 24 September 1871 in Laurierville, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Adelaide MORIN
Marriage date: 19 September 1831
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada
Adelaide MORIN was the child of Augustin MORIN dit VALCOURT and Genevieve GAGNE

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Julien DEMERS

Born: 31 December 1836, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Emelie BILODEAU 22 January 1861 Place: Laurierville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Julie-de-Somerset)

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Birth — 1802
20 July 1802
Lauzon, Lévis, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Julien DEMERS and Adelaide MORIN 19 September 1831, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon)

He was 29 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Julien DEMERS was born 31 December 1836, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon)

Julien was 34 years old.

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Julien DEMERS married 22 January 1861, Laurierville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Julie-de-Somerset) to Emelie BILODEAU

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.