Edesse RAJOTTE

Born

7 April 1850 , Sorel, Canada East

Died

10 May 1929 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse married Maurice MONGEAU 28 February 1870 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Maurice MONGEAU was born 10 February 1847 in Sorel, Canada East . Maurice died 4 March 1920 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Maurice was the child of Maxime-Narcisse MONGEAU and Julie LAVALLEE .

Parents & Family of Edesse RAJOTTE

Parents of Edesse RAJOTTE

Father

Paul-Napoleon RAJOTTE (RAGEOT)

Mother

Marie-Anne HUS COURNOYER

Grandparents of Edesse RAJOTTE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph RAJOTTE (RAGEOT) Françoise PIZANNE

Maternal grandparents

Pierre HUS COURNOYER Marie-Anne SALVAIL

m. Maurice Mongeau 28 FEB 1870 in St-Pierre-de-Sorel, Québec

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Edesse RAJOTTE

Edesse RAJOTTE married

Maurice MONGEAU
Marriage date: 28 February 1870
Marriage place: Sorel, Québec, Canada
Maurice MONGEAU was the child of Maxime-Narcisse MONGEAU and Julie LAVALLEE

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 Maurice MONGEAU and Edesse RAJOTTE

Marie-Delia MONGEAU

Born: 25 December 1870, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 31 March 1954, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Maurice MONGEAU

Born: 22 April 1872, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Jean-Baptiste-Hormidas MONGEAU

Born: 17 November 1875, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Bernadette MONGEAU

Born: 26 January 1878, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 30 March 1910, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise MONGEAU

Born: 13 April 1880, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Joseph-Napoleon MONGEAU

Born: 13 April 1880, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 12 June 1882, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Homere-Napoleon MONGEAU

Born: 30 June 1882, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Josephine MONGEAU

Born: 30 June 1884, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 21 November 1886, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Exilina MONGEAU

Born: 30 June 1884, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 30 November 1886, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Marie-Claranda MONGEAU

Born: 1 June 1887, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 15 March 1888, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Marie-Exirina MONGEAU

Born: 14 May 1889, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Joseph-Omer MONGEAU

Born: 30 August 1891, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 17 July 1893, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Marie-Aldea MONGEAU

Born: 6 December 1893, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 27 December 1893, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Edesse's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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 — 1850
7 April 1850
Sorel, 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 - 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.

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.

1870 Marriage / Partner
Edesse RAJOTTE and Maurice MONGEAU 28 February 1870, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 19 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Marie-Delia MONGEAU was born 25 December 1870, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 20 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Maurice MONGEAU was born 22 April 1872, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edesse was 22 years old.

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

1875 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Hormidas MONGEAU was born 17 November 1875, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edesse was 25 years old.

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

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

1878 Birth of Child
Bernadette MONGEAU was born 26 January 1878, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edesse was 27 years old.

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

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

1880 Birth of Child
Joseph-Napoleon MONGEAU was born 13 April 1880, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 30 years old.

1880 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise MONGEAU was born 13 April 1880, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 30 years old.

1882 Death of Child
Joseph-Napoleon MONGEAU died 12 June 1882, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 32 years old.

1882 Birth of Child
Joseph-Homere-Napoleon MONGEAU was born 30 June 1882, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 32 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Birth of Child
Exilina MONGEAU was born 30 June 1884, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edesse was 34 years old.

1884 Birth of Child
Josephine MONGEAU was born 30 June 1884, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edesse was 34 years old.

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1886 Death of Child
Josephine MONGEAU died 21 November 1886, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 36 years old.

1886 Death of Child
Exilina MONGEAU died 30 November 1886, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 36 years old.

1887 Birth of Child
Marie-Claranda MONGEAU was born 1 June 1887, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 37 years old.

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1888 Death of Child
Marie-Claranda MONGEAU died 15 March 1888, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 37 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 Birth of Child
Marie-Exirina MONGEAU was born 14 May 1889, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 39 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

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1891 Birth of Child
Joseph-Omer MONGEAU was born 30 August 1891, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 41 years old.

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1893 Death of Child
Joseph-Omer MONGEAU died 17 July 1893, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 43 years old.

1893 Birth of Child
Marie-Aldea MONGEAU was born 6 December 1893, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Edesse was 43 years old.

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 Death of Child
Bernadette MONGEAU died 30 March 1910, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Edesse was 60 years old.

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 Death of Spouse/Partner
Maurice MONGEAU died 4 March 1920, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))