Louis Marie MESSIER

Born

6 October 1813 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

18 June 1898 , Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

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Florentin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS Marie-Louise PHANEUF

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Born: 6 October 1813 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Florentin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS

Mother: Marie-Louise PHANEUF

Paternal grandparents: Louis MESSIER dit ST-FRANCOIS , Marie-Anne BOUSQUET

Maternal grandparents: Mathias PHANEUF , Marie-Geneviève BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

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Louis Marie married Thecle DEMERS 9 October 1832 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Thecle DEMERS was born 29 December 1813 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada. Thecle died 7 July 1899 in Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA. Thecle was the child of Joseph DEMERS and Marie-Thecle FRECHETTE.

Louis Marie MESSIER died 18 June 1898 in Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA.

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Louis Marie MESSIER married

Thecle DEMERS
Marriage date: 9 October 1832
Marriage place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Thecle DEMERS was the child of Joseph DEMERS and Marie-Thecle FRECHETTE

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Children of Louis Marie MESSIER and Thecle DEMERS

Lucie MESSIER

Born: abt. 1834, Varennes, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1867, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

Julia (Julienne) MESSIER

Born: 31 December 1835, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 October 1889, Clyde, Cloud, Kansas, USA

Louis MESSIER

Born: 1 April 1837, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 14 September 1921, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

Marie Adelene Matilda MESSIER

Born: 3 May 1837, , Canada
Died: 1 February 1906, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, USA

Marie-Philomene MESSIER

Born: 18 September 1838, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Died: 27 December 1838, Napierville, Lower Canada

Marie Celina (Celena) MESSIER

Born: 24 January 1840, Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1880, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, USA

Jacob MESSIER

Born: 10 November 1841, Saint-Valentin, Canada East
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

Sophronia MESSIER

Born: 24 December 1844, La Prairie, Canada East
Died: 17 May 1914, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

Pierre "Peter" MESSIER

Born: abt. 1846, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1929, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA

Marie Anesime MESSIER

Born: abt. 1847, Québec, Canada East
Died: December 1861, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

Marie Melvina MESSIER

Born: 26 September 1853, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Died: ,

Alfred MESSIER

Born: 2 March 1856, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Died: 14 March 1856, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

Medard MESSIER

Born: 13 September 1857, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Died: 15 October 1858, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

Napoleon MESSIER

Born: August 1859, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA
Died: 1 September 1859, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

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Birth — 1813
6 October 1813
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

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)

1832 Marriage / Partner
Louis Marie MESSIER and Thecle DEMERS 9 October 1832, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Julia (Julienne) MESSIER was born 31 December 1835, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Louis Marie was 22 years old.

1837 Birth of Child
Louis MESSIER was born 1 April 1837, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Louis Marie was 23 years old.

1837 Birth of Child
Marie Adelene Matilda MESSIER was born 3 May 1837, , Canada

Louis Marie was 23 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene MESSIER was born 18 September 1838, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Louis Marie was 24 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Marie Celina (Celena) MESSIER was born 24 January 1840, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Louis Marie was 26 years old.

1841 Birth of Child
Jacob MESSIER was born 10 November 1841, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Louis Marie was 28 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
Hubert Judah MESSIER was born 26 February 1843, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Louis Marie was 29 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Sophronia MESSIER was born 24 December 1844, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Louis Marie was 31 years old.

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)

1853 Birth of Child
Marie Melvina MESSIER was born 26 September 1853, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

Louis Marie was 40 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Alfred MESSIER was born 2 March 1856, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

Louis Marie was 42 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 Birth of Child
Medard MESSIER was born 13 September 1857, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

Louis Marie was 43 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser