Marie-Louise DION

(b. 9 October 1814 , Beloeil, Lower Canada d. abt. 1871 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Marie-Louise DION was born 9 October 1814 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Marie-Louise DION was the child of Joseph DION dit GUYON and Marguerite TOUCHETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas-Joseph DION dit GUYON and Marie-Louise GAGNÉ (maternal) Simon TOUCHETTE (TOUCHET) and Marie-Louise LARRIVÉE (LARRIVÉ)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Louise married Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS 4 October 1836 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS was born 30 October 1810 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) . Jean Baptiste died 21 August 1894 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (Marlboro). Jean Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Madeleine LACASSE.

Marie-Louise DION died abt. 1871 in Québec Province, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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.

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Marie-Louise DION married

Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS-- Date: 4 October 1836 Place: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada

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Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Madeleine LACASSE

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Children of Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS and Marie-Louise DION:

Marie-Philomene DESMARAIS (b.2 November 1837, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. , )

Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS (b.29 August 1839, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph DESMARAIS (b.9 January 1842, Saint-Dominique, Canada East d. 13 April 1918, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA)

Euphemie DESMARAIS (b.7 December 1843, Saint-Dominique, Canada East d. 1 October 1922, Salem, Massachusetts, USA)

Octave Alfred DESMARAIS (b.21 February 1846, Saint-Dominique, Canada East d. 7 June 1920, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA )

Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS (b.9 February 1849, Saint-Dominique, Canada East d. , )

Noe-Francois DESMARAIS (b.30 May 1851, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East d. 7 December 1933, )

Frederic Marie DESMARAIS (b.13 July 1853, Wotton, Canada East d. 21 July 1916, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

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1814 Birth
9 October 1814
Beloeil, Lower Canada

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise DION and Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS 4 October 1836, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

She was 22 years old.

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

1837 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene DESMARAIS was born 2 November 1837, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Marie-Louise was 23 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS was born 29 August 1839, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Marie-Louise was 24 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Joseph DESMARAIS was born 9 January 1842, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise 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 Child
Euphemie DESMARAIS was born 7 December 1843, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise was 29 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Octave Alfred DESMARAIS was born 21 February 1846, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise was 31 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS was born 9 February 1849, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise was 34 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Noe-Francois DESMARAIS was born 30 May 1851, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey)

Marie-Louise was 36 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Frederic Marie DESMARAIS was born 13 July 1853, Wotton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hippolyte)

Marie-Louise was 38 years old.

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.