Josephte DESERRES

(b. 20 December 1778 , Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 May 1872 , St Liguori, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada )

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Josephte DESERRES was born 20 December 1778 in Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada

Josephte DESERRES was the child of Joseph DESERRES and Marie-Anne MARCHAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel DESERRE and Marie-Anne TRULLIER dite LACOMBE (maternal) Pierre MARCHAND and Marie-Gertrude FRIGON

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

Josephte married Jacques MARTIN dit PELLANT 12 February 1798 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques MARTIN dit PELLANT was born 11 April 1773 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Jacques died 25 November 1831 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Jacques was the child of Pierre MARTIN dit PELLANT and Thérèse FAGNAN.

Josephte DESERRES died 22 May 1872 in St Liguori, Montcalm, Quebec, 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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Josephte DESERRES married

Jacques MARTIN dit PELLANT-- Date: 12 February 1798 Place: Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Jacques MARTIN dit PELLANT was the child of Pierre MARTIN dit PELLANT and Thérèse FAGNAN

Children of Jacques MARTIN dit PELLANT and Josephte DESERRES:

Catherine MARTIN dite PELLANT (b.7 September 1800, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Maxime HENAULT 24 November 1823 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1778 Birth
20 December 1778
Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Josephte DESERRES and Jacques MARTIN dit PELLANT 12 February 1798, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

She was 19 years old.

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

1800 Birth of Child
Catherine MARTIN dite PELLANT was born 7 September 1800, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Josephte was 21 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

1823 Marriage of Child
Catherine MARTIN dite PELLANT married 24 November 1823, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Maxime HENAULT

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

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

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

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

1831 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques MARTIN dit PELLANT died 25 November 1831, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

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

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 - 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.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.