Louis-Isidore DESY

(b. 12 February 1796 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada d. 7 December 1871 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada )

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Louis-Isidore DESY was born 12 February 1796 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

Louis-Isidore DESY was the child of Michel-Alexis DESY (DISY) and Genevieve RHEAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel-Ignace DIZY dit MONTPLAISIR and Josephte TOUTANT (maternal) Alexis RHEAULT dit MORAINVILLE and Marie-Anne PERRAULT

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

Louis-Isidore married Emelie CASAUBON 18 October 1826 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emelie CASAUBON was born abt. 1804 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Emelie died 16 July 1830 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Emelie was the child of Pierre CASAUBON and Marie-Josephe BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE.

Louis-Isidore DESY died 7 December 1871 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, 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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Louis-Isidore DESY married

Emelie CASAUBON-- Date: 18 October 1826 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Emelie CASAUBON was the child of Pierre CASAUBON and Marie-Josephe BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

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Children of Louis-Isidore DESY and Emelie CASAUBON:

Norbert DESY (b.3 November 1826, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada d. 4 September 1898, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada)
m. Leocadie SYLVESTRE

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1796 Birth
12 February 1796
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Isidore DESY and Emelie CASAUBON 18 October 1826, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 30 years old.

1826 Birth of Child
Norbert DESY was born 3 November 1826, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Louis-Isidore was 30 years old.

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

1830 Death of Spouse/Partner
Emelie CASAUBON died 16 July 1830, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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.