Louis DESJARDINS

(b. abt. 1817 , Upper Canada d. abt. 1887 , Gawas Bay St Joseph Island Algoma, Ontario, Canada )

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Louis DESJARDINS was born abt. 1817 in Upper Canada

Louis DESJARDINS was the child of ? and ?

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Louis married Marie Ernastine Rosa LEGRIS 4 May 1846 in Penetanguishene, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Ernastine Rosa LEGRIS was born 15 October 1825 in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. Marie Ernastine Rosa died 15 June 1907 in St. Joseph, Algoma, Ontario, Canada. Marie Ernastine Rosa was the child of Prisque LEGRIS and Marie-Judith-Rose LANDRY dite LABBE.

Louis DESJARDINS died abt. 1887 in Gawas Bay St Joseph Island Algoma, Ontario, Canada.
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Louis DESJARDINS married

Marie Ernastine Rosa LEGRIS-- Date: 4 May 1846 Place: Penetanguishene, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Marie Ernastine Rosa LEGRIS was the child of Prisque LEGRIS and Marie-Judith-Rose LANDRY dite LABBE

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Children of Louis DESJARDINS and Marie Ernastine Rosa LEGRIS:

Mary Jane DESJARDINES (b.06/00/1860, Goderich, Canada West d. 12/02/1942, Hilton Beach, St. Joseph's Island, Canada)
m. Louis REVILLE 1881

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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 - 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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Louis DESJARDINS and Marie Ernastine Rosa LEGRIS 4 May 1846, Penetanguishene, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

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.