Esther
DESROSIERS
(b.
4 February 1850
,
Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East
d.
25 March 1905
,
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada
)
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Esther DESROSIERS was born 4 February 1850 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East
Esther DESROSIERS was the child of Narcisse-Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Genevieve GEOFFROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Angelique-Desanges LAPORTE (maternal) Francois GEOFFROY and Elisabeth TESSIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Esther married Norbert JOLY 17 February 1868 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Norbert JOLY was born 28 October 1848 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix). Norbert died 20 December 1927 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel). Norbert was the child of Joseph JOLY and Marguerite DOUCET.
Esther DESROSIERS died 25 March 1905 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Family and Children of Esther DESROSIERS
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Norbert JOLY-- Date: 17 February 1868 Place: Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada
See marriage record for Esther DESROSIERS and Norbert JOLY
Norbert JOLY was the child of Joseph JOLY and Marguerite DOUCET
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Norbert JOLY and Esther DESROSIERS:
Alexandrina JOLY (b.27 December 1870, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada d. 13 June 1897, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)
m. Eugene GRAVEL 27 August 1889 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)
Norbert JOLY-- Date: 17 February 1868 Place: Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada See marriage record for Esther DESROSIERS and Norbert JOLYNorbert JOLY was the child of Joseph JOLY and Marguerite DOUCET
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Norbert JOLY and Esther DESROSIERS:
Alexandrina JOLY (b.27 December 1870, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada d. 13 June 1897, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)m. Eugene GRAVEL 27 August 1889 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)
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1850 Birth 4 February 1850
Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1868 Marriage / PartnerEsther DESROSIERS and Norbert JOLY 17 February 1868, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)
She was 18 years old.
1870 Birth of ChildAlexandrina JOLY was born 27 December 1870, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)
Esther was 20 years old.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.1889 Marriage of ChildAlexandrina JOLY married 27 August 1889, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel) to Eugene GRAVEL
1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1897 Death of ChildAlexandrina JOLY died 13 June 1897, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada
Esther was 47 years old.
1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England1905 Death 25 March 1905
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 55.
Added: 8/20/2026 1:56:19 PM
- Updated: 8/20/2026 2:35:25 PM
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