Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS

(b. 30 October 1810 , La Présentation, Lower Canada d. 21 August 1894 , Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA )

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Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS was born 30 October 1810 in La Présentation, Lower Canada

Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Madeleine LACASSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Benoit DESMARAIS and Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE (maternal) Joseph LACASSE and Marie-Apolline LACROIX

Jean Baptiste was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1894.

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

Jean Baptiste married Marie-Louise DION 4 October 1836 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Louise DION was born 9 October 1814 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Marie-Louise died abt. 1871 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph DION dit GUYON and Marguerite TOUCHETTE.

Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS died 21 August 1894 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA .
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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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Family and Children of Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS

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Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS married

Marie-Louise DION-- Date: 4 October 1836 Place: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada

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Marie-Louise DION was the child of Joseph DION dit GUYON and Marguerite TOUCHETTE

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Children of Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS and Marie-Louise DION:

Marie-Philomene DESMARAIS (b.2 November 1837, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. , )

Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS (b.29 August 1839, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph DESMARAIS (b.9 January 1842, Saint-Dominique, Canada East d. 13 April 1918, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA)

Euphemie DESMARAIS (b.7 December 1843, Saint-Dominique, Canada East d. 1 October 1922, Salem, Massachusetts, USA)

Octave Alfred DESMARAIS (b.21 February 1846, Saint-Dominique, Canada East d. 7 June 1920, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA )

Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS (b.9 February 1849, Saint-Dominique, Canada East d. , )

Noe-Francois DESMARAIS (b.30 May 1851, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East d. 7 December 1933, )

Frederic Marie DESMARAIS (b.13 July 1853, Wotton, Canada East d. 21 July 1916, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

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1810 Birth
30 October 1810
La Présentation, Lower Canada

Baptism

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1836 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS and Marie-Louise DION 4 October 1836, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

He was 25 years old.

1837 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene DESMARAIS was born 2 November 1837, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Jean Baptiste was 27 years old.

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

1839 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS was born 29 August 1839, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Jean Baptiste was 28 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Joseph DESMARAIS was born 9 January 1842, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Jean Baptiste was 31 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Euphemie DESMARAIS was born 7 December 1843, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Jean Baptiste was 33 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Octave Alfred DESMARAIS was born 21 February 1846, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Jean Baptiste was 35 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS was born 9 February 1849, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Jean Baptiste was 38 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Noe-Francois DESMARAIS was born 30 May 1851, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey)

Jean Baptiste was 40 years old.

1853 Birth of Child
Frederic Marie DESMARAIS was born 13 July 1853, Wotton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hippolyte)

Jean Baptiste was 42 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

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

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)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

Death
Name: Jean B. Desmarais
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Aug 1894
Event Place: MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS
Residence Place: MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS
Address:
Gender: Male
Age: 87
Marital Status: Married
Occupation:
Birth Date:
Birthplace: CANADA
Birth Year (Estimated): 1807
Burial Date:
Burial Place: MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS
Cemetery:
Father's Name: J. Bte. Desmarais
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: CANADA
Mother's Name: Madelaine Lacasse
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: CANADA
Additional Relatives:
Spouse's Name:
Reference ID: v 446 p 289
GS Film number: 961513
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4225008
Image Number: 277

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ NWHH-BG8 : accessed 01 Apr 2013), J. Bte. Desmarais in entry for Jean B. Desmarais, 1894.
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