Theotiste DESROSIERS

(b. 4 March 1842 , Lavaltrie, Canada East d. 1 February 1884 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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Theotiste DESROSIERS was born 4 March 1842 in Lavaltrie, Canada East

Theotiste DESROSIERS was the child of Basile DESROSIERS and Theotiste BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Catherine BONIN (maternal) Alexis BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Theotiste PAGÉ

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

Theotiste married Eusebe DEMERS 6 October 1863 in Lanoraie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Eusebe DEMERS was born 11 May 1836 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Eusebe was the child of François DEMERS and Eleonore BARIL.

Theotiste DESROSIERS died 1 February 1884 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Theotiste DESROSIERS married

Eusebe DEMERS-- Date: 6 October 1863 Place: Lanoraie, Canada East
Eusebe DEMERS was the child of François DEMERS and Eleonore BARIL

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Children of Eusebe DEMERS and Theotiste DESROSIERS:

Marie-Louise-Zepherine DEMERS (b.30 May 1872, Lanoraie, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph-Eusebe-Albert DEMERS (b.19 August 1864, Lanoraie, Canada East d. 4 January 1943, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
m. Mary LEBLANC 18 January 1886 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)
m. Clorida MARTEL 31 December 1894 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Louis Joseph DEMERS (b.7 February 1867, Lanoraie, Canada East d. abt. 1944, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

Marie-Emerentienne DEMERS (b.18 March 1868, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Georgina DEMERS (b.22 June 1869, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada d. , )

Jean-Baptiste-Zenon DEMERS (b.10 September 1870, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada d. , )

Euprhonsine DEMERS (b.1 October 1873, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada d. , )

Joseph-Antime DEMERS (b.13 March 1875, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada d. 18 August 1875, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada )

Joseph-Alexis DEMERS (b.13 May 1876, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada d. , )

Joseph-Edmond-Placide DEMERS (b.14 August 1877, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Anne DEMERS (b.15 July 1879, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Carmelice DEMERS (b.30 August 1881, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada d. , )

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1842 Birth
4 March 1842
Lavaltrie, Canada East

Baptism

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

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 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1863 Marriage / Partner
Theotiste DESROSIERS and Eusebe DEMERS 6 October 1863, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

She was 21 years old.

1863 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Joseph-Eusebe-Albert DEMERS was born 19 August 1864, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 22 years old.

1867 Birth of Child
Louis Joseph DEMERS was born 7 February 1867, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 24 years old.

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

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Marie-Emerentienne DEMERS was born 18 March 1868, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 26 years old.

1869 Birth of Child
Marie-Georgina DEMERS was born 22 June 1869, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 27 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Zenon DEMERS was born 10 September 1870, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 28 years old.

1827 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Zepherine DEMERS was born 30 May 1872, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 30 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Euprhonsine DEMERS was born 1 October 1873, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 31 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
Joseph-Antime DEMERS was born 13 March 1875, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 33 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Joseph-Alexis DEMERS was born 13 May 1876, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 34 years old.

1877 Birth of Child
Joseph-Edmond-Placide DEMERS was born 14 August 1877, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 35 years old.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne DEMERS was born 15 July 1879, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 37 years old.

1881 Birth of Child
Marie-Carmelice DEMERS was born 30 August 1881, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Theotiste was 39 years old.

Death
Name: Teotiste Desrosiers
[Theotiste Desrosiers]
Event Type: Death
Birth Date: abt 1842
Death Date: 1 Feb 1884
Death Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts
Death Age: 42
Father Name: Bazile Desrosiers
Mother Name: Theodore Champagne

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