Thecle
DEMERS
Born
29 December 1813
,
Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada
Died
7 July 1899
,
Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Thecle DEMERS
Thecle DEMERS married 
Louis Marie MESSIER
Marriage date: 9 October 1832
Marriage place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Louis Marie MESSIER was the child of Florentin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Marie-Louise PHANEUF
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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Louis Marie MESSIERMarriage date: 9 October 1832
Marriage place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Louis Marie MESSIER was the child of Florentin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Marie-Louise PHANEUF
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Louis Marie MESSIER and Thecle DEMERS
Julia (Julienne) MESSIER
Born: 31 December 1835, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 October 1889, Clyde, Cloud, Kansas, USA
Died: 22 October 1889, Clyde, Cloud, Kansas, USA
Marie Adelene Matilda MESSIER
Born: 3 May 1837, , Canada
Died: 1 February 1906, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, USA
Died: 1 February 1906, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, USA
Marie Celina (Celena) MESSIER
Born: 24 January 1840, Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1880, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, USA
Died: abt. 1880, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, USA
Jacob MESSIER
Born: 10 November 1841, Saint-Valentin, Canada East
Died: 3 September 1929, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 3 September 1929, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Hubert Judah MESSIER
Born: 26 February 1843, Marieville, Rouville, Canada East
Died: 13 March 1932, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Died: 13 March 1932, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Pierre "Peter" MESSIER
Born: abt. 1846, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1929, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA
Died: abt. 1929, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA
Medard MESSIER
Born: 13 September 1857, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Died: 15 October 1858, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Died: 15 October 1858, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
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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 — 181329 December 1813
Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada
1832 Marriage / PartnerThecle DEMERS and Louis Marie MESSIER 9 October 1832, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada
She was 18 years old.
1835 Birth of ChildJulia (Julienne) MESSIER was born 31 December 1835, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
Thecle was 22 years old.
1837 Birth of ChildLouis MESSIER was born 1 April 1837, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
Thecle was 23 years old.
1837 Birth of ChildMarie Adelene Matilda MESSIER was born 3 May 1837, , Canada
Thecle was 23 years old.
1838 Birth of ChildMarie-Philomene MESSIER was born 18 September 1838, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada
Thecle was 24 years old.
1840 Birth of ChildMarie Celina (Celena) MESSIER was born 24 January 1840, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada
Thecle was 26 years old.
1841 Birth of ChildJacob MESSIER was born 10 November 1841, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada
Thecle was 27 years old.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1843 Birth of ChildHubert Judah MESSIER was born 26 February 1843, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)
Thecle was 29 years old.
1844 Birth of ChildSophronia MESSIER was born 24 December 1844, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
Thecle was 31 years old.
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1853 Birth of ChildMarie Melvina MESSIER was born 26 September 1853, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Thecle was 39 years old.
1856 Birth of ChildAlfred MESSIER was born 2 March 1856, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Thecle was 42 years old.
1857 Birth of ChildMedard MESSIER was born 13 September 1857, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Thecle was 43 years old.
1858 Death of ChildMedard MESSIER died 15 October 1858, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Thecle was 44 years old.
1859 Birth of ChildNapoleon MESSIER was born August 1859, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Thecle was 45 years old.
1861 Death of ChildMarie Anesime MESSIER died December 1861, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Thecle was 47 years old.
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1889 Death of ChildJulia (Julienne) MESSIER died 22 October 1889, Clyde, Cloud, Kansas, USA
Thecle was 75 years old.
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
1898 Death of Spouse/PartnerLouis Marie MESSIER died 18 June 1898, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Death — 18997 July 1899
Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
She died at the age of 85.
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