Louis-Elzear DESMARAIS

(b. 30 December 1858 , Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. abt. 1871 , )

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Louis-Elzear DESMARAIS was born 30 December 1858 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Louis-Elzear DESMARAIS was the child of Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS and Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Madeleine LACASSE (maternal) Michel DALPE dit PARISEAU and Louise DANSEREAU

Louis-Elzear DESMARAIS died abt. 1871 in .
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1858 Birth
30 December 1858
Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Baptism
Birth Source: Drouin Collection, son of Michel Desmarets and Marie Parriseau
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1861 St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Name: Michel Desmarais
Gender: Male
Event Place: St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Age: 33
Birth Year (Estimated): 1828
Birthplace: Bas Canada
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Catholique
Page Number: 115
Line Number: 10
GS Film number: 517424
Affiliate Film Number: C-1319-1320
Digital Folder Number: 4108829
Image Number: 244

Name: Marie Pariseau
Gender: Female
Event Place: St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Age: 35
Birth Year (Estimated): 1826
Birthplace: Bas Canada
Marital Status: Married

Name: Cyrille Desmarais
Gender: Male
Event Place: St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Age: 5
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856
Birthplace: Bas Canada
Marital Status: Single

Name: Louis Desmarais
Gender: Male
Event Place: St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Age: 3
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Bas Canada
Marital Status: Single

Name: Louise Desmarais
Gender: Female
Event Place: St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Age: 2
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1861 Canadian Census
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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

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1871 St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Name: Louis Desmarais
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Birth Year (Estimated): 1859
Birthplace: Quebec
Marital Status:
Nationality: Francais
Religion: Catholique
Event Place: 01, St-Damase a, St-Hyacinthe 121, Quebec
Page Number: 42
Line Number: 2
House Number: 120
Family Number: 132
GS Film number: 2229026
Affiliate Film Number: C-10064
Digital Folder Number: 4395446
Image Number: 412
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Onesime Desmarais F 14 Quebec
Louis Desmarais M 12 Quebec
Damase Desmarais M 11 Quebec
Emma Desmarais F 9 Quebec
Rosana Desmarais F 6 Quebec
Antoine Desmarais M 4 Quebec
1871 Canadian Census
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1910 Is this him?
Name: Louis Desmarais
Event Place: Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Immigration Year: 1870
Birthplace: Canada
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Household ID: 50
Page: 2
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Louis Desmarais M 51y Canada
WIFE Mary S Desmarais F 53y Canada
SON Emil V Desmarais M 22y Massachusetts
SON Edward G Desmarais M 19y Massachusetts
DAU Blanche M Desmarais F 16y Massachusetts
DAU Aline M Desmarais F 14y Massachusetts
SON Albert J Desmarais M 11y Massachusetts
SON Raymond H Desmarais M 10y Massachusetts
Alban J Gendron M 18y Canada
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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