Germain-Alexis DESROSIERS

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5 October 1809 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Died

20 February 1855 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East

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Germain DESROSIERS Elisabeth LAMARRE

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Born: 5 October 1809 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Father: Germain DESROSIERS

Mother: Elisabeth LAMARRE

Paternal grandparents: Germain DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE , Barbe MORIN

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LAMARRE , Elisabeth FOURNIER

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Germain-Alexis married Theotiste THIBAULT 3 November 1840 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theotiste THIBAULT was born 13 July 1816 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Theotiste was the child of Basile THIBAULT and Catherine HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Germain-Alexis DESROSIERS died 20 February 1855 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East.
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Germain-Alexis DESROSIERS married

Theotiste THIBAULT
Marriage date: 3 November 1840
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Theotiste THIBAULT was the child of Basile THIBAULT and Catherine HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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Children of Germain-Alexis DESROSIERS and Theotiste THIBAULT

Hermine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE

Born: 18 March 1854, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Died: 20 September 1908, Winchendon, Massachusetts, USA

Married: François DUVAL 3 February 1874

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Birth — 1809
5 October 1809
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Germain-Alexis DESROSIERS and Theotiste THIBAULT 3 November 1840, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Hermine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE was born 18 March 1854, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Germain-Alexis was 44 years old.