Julie DEMERS

(b. 27 November 1827 , Montebello, Lower Canada d. 22 February 1885 , Saint-André-Avellin, Canada )

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Julie DEMERS was born 27 November 1827 in Montebello, Lower Canada

Julie DEMERS was the child of Vital DEMERS and Victoire THOMAS dite TRANCHEMONTAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DEMERS and Veronique LEFEBVRE (maternal) Joseph-Francois THOMAS dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE and Marie-Anne DENOMME

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

Julie married Joseph LACOSTE abt. 1847 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph LACOSTE was born 24 January 1826 in Petite-Nation, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph LACOSTE and Marie-Anne GUYON.

Julie DEMERS died 22 February 1885 in Saint-André-Avellin, 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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Julie DEMERS married

Joseph LACOSTE-- Date: abt. 1847 Place:
Joseph LACOSTE was the child of Joseph LACOSTE and Marie-Anne GUYON

Children of Joseph LACOSTE and Julie DEMERS:

Julie LACOSTE (b.abt. 1848, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 January 1889, St-Andre-Avelin, Canada)
m. Jeremie MORIN dit VALCOURT 8 September 1882

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1827 Birth
27 November 1827
Montebello, Lower Canada

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 - 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.