Priscille
DESMARAIS
(b.
4 January 1828
,
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
d.
28 November 1906
,
Saint-Lucien, Drummond, Québec, Canada
)
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Priscille DESMARAIS was born 4 January 1828 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Priscille DESMARAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Madeleine LACASSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Benoit DESMARAIS and Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE (maternal) Joseph LACASSE and Marie-Apolline LACROIXSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Priscille married Adam GENDRON 21 May 1849 in Saint-Dominique, Canada East . Adam GENDRON was born abt. 1829
Priscille DESMARAIS died 28 November 1906 in Saint-Lucien, Drummond, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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Adam GENDRON-- Date: 21 May 1849 Place: Saint-Dominique, Canada East
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Adam GENDRON-- Date: 21 May 1849 Place: Saint-Dominique, Canada East Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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1828 Birth 4 January 1828
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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 Marriage / PartnerPriscille DESMARAIS and Adam GENDRON 21 May 1849, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada
She was 21 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
1906 Death 28 November 1906
Saint-Lucien, Drummond, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 78.
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