HELP! flag male ancestor  Gabriel  DESROCHES (DESROSIERS)

  (b. 20 August 1791 Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada   d. 28 February 1870 L'Avenir, Drummond, Quebec, Canada )  

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Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) was born 20 August 1791 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Louis DESROCHES (DESROSIERS)   and   Madeleine GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre DESROCHERS and Marguerite CAILLÉ (maternal)  Gabriel GAUTHIER and Madeleine JOYAL

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Gabriel  married  Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON 3 March 1812 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child. Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON  was born 16 November 1787 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre).  Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle died 1 March 1848 in Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville).  Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle was the child of Pierre BAILLARGEON and Marie-Elisabeth CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE.

Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) died 28 February 1870 in L'Avenir, Drummond, Quebec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) married flag female ancestor Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON-- Date: 3 March 1812 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON was the child of Pierre BAILLARGEON and Marie-Elisabeth CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE




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birth1791 Birth
20 August 1791
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
marriage1812 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) and Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON 3 March 1812, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 20 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1819 Birth of Child
Louis DESROCHERS was born 20 June 1819, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 27 years old.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
marriage1842 Marriage of Child
Louis DESROCHERS married 18 October 1842, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada to Marie Lucie GUIMOND
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON died 1 March 1848, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1870 Death
28 February 1870
L'Avenir, Drummond, Quebec, Canada

He died at the age of 78.
Added: 9/3/2015 7:35:57 AM - Updated: 1/23/2024 11:54:12 AM

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