Marguerite DESMARAIS

Born

24 February 1805 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Died

9 December 1882 , Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Québec, Canada

Age: 76

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Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS Marguerite FOURNIER

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Born: 24 February 1805 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS

Mother: Marguerite FOURNIER

Paternal grandparents: Benoit DESMARAIS , Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE

Maternal grandparents: André FOURNIER , Marie-Luce BAILLE

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Marguerite married Pascal DEGRES 19 October 1824 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Pascal DEGRES was born May 1806 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pascal died 5 September 1882 in Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Québec, Canada (Saint-Alphonse). Pascal was the child of Philippe DEGRES and Marie-Amable HOGUE.

Marguerite DESMARAIS died 9 December 1882 in Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Québec, Canada .

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Pascal DEGRES
Marriage date: 19 October 1824
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Pascal DEGRES was the child of Philippe DEGRES and Marie-Amable HOGUE

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Children of Pascal DEGRES and Marguerite DESMARAIS

Geoffroy (Godefroy) DEGRES

Born: 19 June 1821, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 19 January 1905, Granby, Québec, Canada

Married: Angele CHAGNON 24 September 1855 Place: Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Joseph DEGRES

Born: abt. 1826, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Rose BLANCHARD dite RENAUD 1 February 1848 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Pierre DEGRES

Born: 9 March 1826, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Philomene BELISLE dite LEVASSEUR 20 October 1863 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean-Baptiste DEGRES

Born: abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 9 January 1842, Saint-Pie, Canada East

Merantia-Emerance DEGRES

Born: abt. 1835, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: 24 May 1910, Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis DUPRÉ 11 April 1864 Place: Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby)

Julie DEGRES

Born: 4 September 1836, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: 13 May 1910, Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Québec, Canada

Emelie DEGRES

Born: June 1838, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 22 September 1840, Saint-Pie, Lower Canada

Marc DEGRES

Born: abt. 1840, Saint-Pie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 April 1911, Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Québec, Canada

Marie DEGRES

Born: 19 October 1840, Saint-Pie, Lower Canada
Died: 25 February 1890, St-Paul-d'Abotsford, Quebec, Canada

Married: Joseph-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN 27 November 1854 Place: Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Adele DEGRES

Born: 6 July 1842, Saint-Pie, Canada East
Died: 13 April 1932, Granby, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Marie-Paul DUPRÉ 20 November 1865 Place: Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby)

Josephine DEGRES

Born: 14 July 1842, Saint-Pie, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1805
24 February 1805
Saint-Hyacinthe, 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

1821 Birth of Child
Geoffroy (Godefroy) DEGRES was born 19 June 1821, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marguerite was 16 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DESMARAIS and Pascal DEGRES 19 October 1824, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

She was 19 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Pierre DEGRES was born 9 March 1826, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Marguerite was 21 years old.

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

1836 Birth of Child
Julie DEGRES was born 4 September 1836, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Marguerite was 31 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Emelie DEGRES was born June 1838, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marguerite was 33 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Death of Child
Emelie DEGRES died 22 September 1840, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 35 years old.

1840 Birth of Child
Marie DEGRES was born 19 October 1840, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 35 years old.

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

1842 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste DEGRES died 9 January 1842, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 36 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Adele DEGRES was born 6 July 1842, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 37 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Josephine DEGRES was born 14 July 1842, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 37 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Joseph DEGRES married 1 February 1848, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Rose BLANCHARD dite RENAUD

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 Marriage of Child
Marie DEGRES married 27 November 1854, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada to Joseph-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN

1855 Marriage of Child
Geoffroy (Godefroy) DEGRES married 24 September 1855, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada to Angele CHAGNON

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

1863 Marriage of Child
Pierre DEGRES married 20 October 1863, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Philomene BELISLE dite LEVASSEUR

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Merantia-Emerance DEGRES married 11 April 1864, Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby) to Louis DUPRÉ

1865 Marriage of Child
Adele DEGRES married 20 November 1865, Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby) to Jean-Marie-Paul DUPRÉ

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.