Marguerite LÉPICIER

(b. 2 October 1817 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 17 July 1892 , St-Félix de Valois, Joliette, Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite LÉPICIER was born 2 October 1817 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Marguerite LÉPICIER was the child of Alexis LÉPICIER and Marie-Louise CHRETIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LÉPICIER dit LANOIS and Marie-Anne-Amable BOUCHER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CHRETIEN and Marie-Anne COUTU

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Marguerite married Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE 15 May 1837 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE was born 12 September 1817 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Alexis died 5 September 1895 in St-Félix de Valois, Joliette, Québec, Canada. Alexis was the child of Pierre DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Angelique-Desanges LAPORTE.

Marguerite LÉPICIER died 17 July 1892 in St-Félix de Valois, Joliette, Québec, 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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Marguerite LÉPICIER married

Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE-- Date: 15 May 1837 Place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE was the child of Pierre DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Angelique-Desanges LAPORTE

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Children of Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marguerite LÉPICIER:

Marie-Uranie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE (b.19 June 1838, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 2 December 1927, Joliette, Québec, Canada )
m. Louis LIPPE 27 October 1856

Marie-Herminie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE (b.18 June 1840, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-René LIPPE 13 October 1856

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1817 Birth
2 October 1817
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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

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

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

1837 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LÉPICIER and Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE 15 May 1837, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

She was 19 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Marie-Uranie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was born 19 June 1838, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Marguerite was 20 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 Birth of Child
Marie-Herminie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was born 18 June 1840, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Marguerite was 22 years old.

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.