Louis DESROSIERS

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2 January 1804 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

Died

3 March 1872 , Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS Marie JUBINVILLE dite ST-MICHEL

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Born: 2 January 1804 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS

Mother: Marie JUBINVILLE dite ST-MICHEL

Paternal grandparents: Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS , Reine COURTIN dite SANSCHAGRIN

Maternal grandparents: Joseph JUBINVILLE dit ST-MICHEL , Josephte PARIS dite FORTIN

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Louis married Marie ROBILLARD 10 February 1829 in Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie ROBILLARD was born 4 October 1808 in Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada. Marie died 9 December 1835 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada . Marie was the child of Joseph ROBILLARD and Marie-Josephte RIVET.

Louis DESROSIERS died 3 March 1872 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada .
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Louis DESROSIERS married

Marie ROBILLARD
Marriage date: 10 February 1829
Marriage place: Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie ROBILLARD was the child of Joseph ROBILLARD and Marie-Josephte RIVET

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Children of Louis DESROSIERS and Marie ROBILLARD

Sophie DESROSIERS

Born: 15 December 1834, Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada
Died: 16 January 1873, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Married: Didace LIPPE 18 September 1854 Place: Lanoraie, Canada East

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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 — 1804
2 January 1804
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Louis DESROSIERS and Marie ROBILLARD 10 February 1829, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Sophie DESROSIERS was born 15 December 1834, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Louis was 30 years old.

1835 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie ROBILLARD died 9 December 1835, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Sophie DESROSIERS married 18 September 1854, Lanoraie, Canada East to Didace LIPPE

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.