Andre DESMARAIS

(b. 14 April 1761 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada d. 18 August 1834 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Andre DESMARAIS was born 14 April 1761 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada

Andre DESMARAIS was the child of Louis-Michel DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse BOUSQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Michel DESMARAIS dit MARET and Françoise-Anne-Marie BENOIT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Louise LUSSIER

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Andre married Françoise BABIN dite LACROIX 4 March 1785 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . Françoise BABIN dite LACROIX was born 13 April 1764 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Françoise was the child of Joseph BABIN dit LACROIX and Josephte PERRAS dite LAFONTAINE.

Andre DESMARAIS died 18 August 1834 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower 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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Andre DESMARAIS married

Françoise BABIN dite LACROIX-- Date: 4 March 1785 Place: Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
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Françoise BABIN dite LACROIX was the child of Joseph BABIN dit LACROIX and Josephte PERRAS dite LAFONTAINE

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André Desmarets 1786-
Archange Desmarets 1789-

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1761 Birth
14 April 1761
Saint-Sulpice, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Andre DESMARAIS and Françoise BABIN dite LACROIX 4 March 1785, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 23 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

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

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