Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS)

Born

20 August 1791 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Died

28 February 1870 , L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

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, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle died 1 March 1848 in Drummondville, Canada East . Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle was the child of Pierre BAILLARGEON and Marie-Elisabeth CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE .

Parents & Family of Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS)

Parents of Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS)

Father

Jean-Baptiste-Louis DESROCHES (DESROSIERS)

Mother

Madeleine GAUTHIER

Grandparents of Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS)

Paternal grandparents

Pierre DESROCHERS Marguerite CAILLÉ

Maternal grandparents

Gabriel GAUTHIER Madeleine JOYAL

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS)

Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) married

Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON
Marriage date: 3 March 1812
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON was the child of Pierre BAILLARGEON and Marie-Elisabeth CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) and Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON

Louis DESROCHERS

Born: 20 June 1819, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 24 November 1909, Sheffield, Vermont, USA

Married: Marie Lucie GUIMOND 18 October 1842 Place: Sherbrooke, 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 — 1791
20 August 1791
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 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.

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Louis DESROCHERS was born 20 June 1819, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 27 years old.

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

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage of Child
Louis DESROCHERS married 18 October 1842, Sherbrooke, Canada East to Marie Lucie GUIMOND

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)

1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON died 1 March 1848, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

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.

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.