Josue LEMIEUX

Born

30 July 1820 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Died

29 October 1903 , Embrun, Ontario, Canada

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Joseph-Marie LEMIEUX Elisabeth HEBERT

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Born: 30 July 1820 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Marie LEMIEUX

Mother: Elisabeth HEBERT

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LEMIEUX , Felicite BOURDEAU

Maternal grandparents: Pierre HÉBERT , Marguerite HÉBERT

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Josue married Lucie DEMERS 6 October 1845 in La Prairie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lucie DEMERS was born 18 August 1827 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Lucie died 4 December 1911 in Embrun, Ontario, Canada. Lucie was the child of Rene DEMERS and Marguerite FAUBERT.

Josue LEMIEUX died 29 October 1903 in Embrun, Ontario, Canada.

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Josue LEMIEUX married

Lucie DEMERS
Marriage date: 6 October 1845
Marriage place: La Prairie, Canada East
Lucie DEMERS was the child of Rene DEMERS and Marguerite FAUBERT

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Children of Josue LEMIEUX and Lucie DEMERS

Marie Azeline LEMIEUX

Born: 29 September 1870, Embrun, Ontario, Canada
Died: abt. 1953, , Ontario, Canada

Married: Joseph DESGROSEILLIERS 17 February 1890 Place: Embrun, Ontario, Canada

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Birth — 1820
30 July 1820
Châteauguay, Lower Canada

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

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Josue LEMIEUX and Lucie DEMERS 6 October 1845, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 25 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.