Marc DESMARAIS

Born

27 April 1832 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Died

28 June 1881 , Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada

Marc married Marguerite CLOUTIER 15 July 1861 in Roxton Falls, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marguerite CLOUTIER was born 15 September 1843 in La Présentation, Canada East . Marguerite died 9 March 1894 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA . Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste CLOUTIER and Marie-Victoire DECELLES .

Parents & Family of Marc DESMARAIS

Parents of Marc DESMARAIS

Father

Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS

Mother

Madeleine LACASSE

Grandparents of Marc DESMARAIS

Paternal grandparents

Benoit DESMARAIS Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE

Maternal grandparents

Joseph LACASSE Marie-Apolline LACROIX

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marc DESMARAIS

Marc DESMARAIS married

Marguerite CLOUTIER
Marriage date: 15 July 1861
Marriage place: Roxton Falls, Canada East
Marguerite CLOUTIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste CLOUTIER and Marie-Victoire DECELLES

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Marc DESMARAIS and Marguerite CLOUTIER

Paul Marc DESMARAIS

Born: May 1863, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 1 July 1894, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Antoine Alfred DESMARAIS

Born: 8 January 1865, Roxton Falls, Canada East
Died: 20 September 1923, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Edouard DESMARAIS

Born: 9 July 1866, Roxton Falls, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Zenaide DESMARAIS

Born: 21 June 1868, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada
Died: 3 October 1870, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada

Francois-Xavier DESMARAIS

Born: 18 February 1870, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada
Died: 17 August 1870, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada

Zenaide DESMARAIS

Born: 18 February 1871, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada
Died: 22 August 1871, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada

Clara Clorinda Flora DESMARAIS

Born: 18 November 1875, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada
Died: 16 May 1944, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA

Joseph-Arthur DESMARAIS

Born: 8 February 1877, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Louis-Alfred DESMARAIS

Born: 25 May 1879, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1832
27 April 1832
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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)

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 / Partner
Marc DESMARAIS and Marguerite CLOUTIER 15 July 1861, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

He was 29 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Paul Marc DESMARAIS was born May 1863, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marc was 31 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Antoine Alfred DESMARAIS was born 8 January 1865, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Marc was 32 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Edouard DESMARAIS was born 9 July 1866, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Marc was 34 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.

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 Birth of Child
Marie-Zenaide DESMARAIS was born 21 June 1868, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Marc was 36 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier DESMARAIS was born 18 February 1870, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Marc was 37 years old.

1870 Death of Child
Marie-Zenaide DESMARAIS died 3 October 1870, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Marc was 38 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Zenaide DESMARAIS was born 18 February 1871, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Marc was 38 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Birth of Child
Clara Clorinda Flora DESMARAIS was born 18 November 1875, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Marc was 43 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Birth of Child
Joseph-Arthur DESMARAIS was born 8 February 1877, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Marc was 44 years old.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Birth of Child
Louis-Alfred DESMARAIS was born 25 May 1879, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Marc was 47 years old.

Death — 1881
28 June 1881
Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 49.

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