Andre DESMARAIS

(b. 28 May 1778 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 May 1825 , La Présentation, Lower Canada )

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Andre DESMARAIS was born 28 May 1778 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Andre DESMARAIS was the child of Benoit DESMARAIS and Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Michel DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse BOUSQUET (maternal) Joseph LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Madeleine MORIN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Andre married Josephte DESLANDES dite CHAMPIGNY 28 October 1805 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Josephte DESLANDES dite CHAMPIGNY was born abt. 1778 Josephte was the child of Jacques DESLANDES dit CHAMPIGNY and Marie-Josephe ALLARD.

Andre DESMARAIS died 4 May 1825 in La Présentation, Lower Canada .
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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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Andre DESMARAIS married

Josephte DESLANDES dite CHAMPIGNY-- Date: 28 October 1805 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
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Josephte DESLANDES dite CHAMPIGNY was the child of Jacques DESLANDES dit CHAMPIGNY and Marie-Josephe ALLARD

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Children of Andre DESMARAIS and Josephte DESLANDES dite CHAMPIGNY:

André DESMARAIS (b.abt. 1805, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Benoit DESMARAIS (b.19 August 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. , )

Josephte DESMARAIS (b.abt. 1809, , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 January 1887, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada)

Joseph DESMARAIS (b.abt. 1821, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. , )

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1778 Birth
28 May 1778
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1805 Marriage / Partner
Andre DESMARAIS and Josephte DESLANDES dite CHAMPIGNY 28 October 1805, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 27 years old.

1805 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1806 Birth of Child
Benoit DESMARAIS was born 19 August 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Andre was 28 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England